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Unfortunately, it continues a pattern of weakness that has been evident since early 2008.
But I was shocked by how large a panic was produced by what seemed to me – and still does – relatively small losses (in terms of the size of the global economy) in subprime mortgages; by the weakness of risk controls at the major highly-leveraged banks; by how deep the decline in demand was; by how ineffective the market’s equilibrium-restoring forces have been at rebalancing labor-market supply and demand; and by how much core-country governments have been able to borrow to support demand without triggering any run-up in interest rates.
But his negotiating technique – unpredictable oscillations between aggressiveness and weakness – is the opposite of what game theory would dictate.
But a willingness only to negotiate is perceived in Vladimir Putin's Russia as the sign of weakness that it is.
More importantly, Lukashenko’s break with the West left him at the mercy of Russia – and the Russians, sensing his weakness, decided to bargain hard.
Its weakness will now continue.
If so, the huge increase in the national debt and the realization that even $700 billion is not enough to rescue the US economy will erode confidence further and aggravate its weakness.
Whereas these groups have a territorial base and are preoccupied with national aims, Islamic terrorism appears to be the work of a very small number of individuals who seek to avenge the centuries-long “humiliation” of the Muslim world, brought about by colonization, absence of economic development, and political weakness.
But there was also a common denominator: a structural weakness in the banking sector – already one of the economy’s most regulated sectors – that left highly regulated banks unable to withstand economic perturbations as well as unregulated financial institutions.
Macron’s youth is a weakness, and he lacks the support of a party machine.
China certainly experienced a turbulent summer, owing to three factors: economic weakness, financial panic, and the policy response to these problems.
While none on its own would have threatened the world economy, the danger stemmed from a self-reinforcing interaction among them: weak economic data leads to financial turmoil, which induces policy blunders that in turn fuel more financial panic, economic weakness, and policy mistakes.
On the one hand, Europe’s role in Afghanistan is appreciated by the US, but on the other, it also exposes the Europeans’ weakness and the Alliance’s limited capabilities.
Against this background, it seems clear that, far from a sign of strength, the Chinese regime’s mistreatment of Liu amounted to an indication of its weakness, insecurity, and fear.
Mayawati’s weakness for “bling” has been demonstrated at her extravagant birthday parties, which she presides over laden with diamonds, saying (rather like Evita Peron) that her luster brings glamour and dignity to her people.
In Taiwan and South Korea, for example, authoritarian governments after World War II compensated for the weakness of the rule of law by creating transitional institutional arrangements to facilitate GDP growth.
As with New Year’s resolutions, acts of self-control are signs not of weakness, but of strength.
No academic laurels are to be won by finding innovative accounts as its cause: the collapses were the result of financial weakness in countries where bad policies produced hyper-inflation, which destroyed banks’ balance sheets.
So far, jihadist success has depended largely on the divisions within Arab countries and the weakness of their governments, particularly the five – Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen – that have lost control over significant portions of their territory.
The good news here is that Ghani’s government has already recognized the problems presented by patronage, corruption, and institutional weakness, and has promised to tackle them.
In the end, Europe paid a lot of money only to expose its own weakness.
And currency weakness increases the real value of trillions of dollars of debt built up in the last decade.
But there is a glaring weakness in the arguments of the bill’s opponents: while they hint darkly at the “unintended consequences” of legalizing same-sex marriage, they cannot spell out exactly what these consequences would be.
This exposes the second weakness: the ability to innovate.
While Iran has been emboldened by recent victories, MBS’s reform program has made it impossible for him show any sign of weakness.
Raising one’s voice to hide weakness is a dangerous strategy that can have catastrophic results.
Economists have no trouble explaining the dollar’s weakness after the fact.
These factors give good grounds for expecting further dollar weakness.
The question is, Weakness against what?
Indeed, a big part of Wolfowitz’s weakness today is the way he came to his job, as an in-your-face appointment from a US administration weak at international cooperation.
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