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The fact that America can veto even these modest IMF proposals illustrates a fundamental weakness of current international economic arrangements.
At a time when the US often projects an image of indecision and weakness – reflected in the unfortunate slogan “leading from behind” – Iran exemplifies the potential of an international response with the US leading from the front.
But it would also fully expose Europe’s political weakness and lack of coherence.
It began as a result of weakness in a specific sector – residential mortgages – after a bubble in home prices allowed many Americans to borrow massively, and often disastrously, against the putative value of their equity in order to finance purchases.
With a weaker currency, the country will benefit from an increase in export competitiveness that could offset those incremental losses and the transient investment weakness that is likely to arise.
What is most frightening about all this is not the American anti-missile project or Putin’s rhetorical muscle-flexing, but rather the increasingly dramatic European weakness that the episode has exposed.
Europe’s weakness becomes even more obvious given that it is not at all clear whether the American missile defense system will ever work.
The current crisis demonstrates that the EU underestimated the transformative power of its European Neighborhood Policy – a reminder of both the strength of the EU’s political appeal and the weakness of its diplomacy.
This looming global recession is being fed by several factors: the collapse of housing bubbles in the US, United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland and other euro-zone members; punctured credit bubbles where money and credit was too easy for too long; the severe credit and liquidity crunch following the US mortgage crisis; the negative wealth and investment effects of falling stock markets (already down by more than 20% globally); the global effects via trade links of the recession in the US (which still counts for about 30% of global GDP); the US dollar’s weakness, which reduces American trading partners’ competitiveness; and the stagflationary effects of high oil and commodity prices, which are forcing central banks to increase interest rates to fight inflation at a time when there are severe downside risks to growth and financial stability.
In that commitment lies both the strength and weakness of this motley group.
Indeed, political entanglements are one of two sources of weakness in European-style family capitalism, as owners seek political advantages and preferred access as much as they strive for technical innovation.
The second notorious weakness of family businesses is the problem of succession.
Saving the Greek SinnerMUNICH – The euro’s current weakness has one culprit: Greece.
But many euro-zone politicians regard turning to the IMF as a sign of weakness and prefer their countries to shoulder the burden themselves.
Indeed, a leading Dutch financial newspaper attacked the pre-announcement as a sign of Trichet’s weakness rather than strength, implying that he had lost control of the Governing Council.
The resulting increase in real long-term interest rates will reduce all forms of interest-sensitive spending, adding further to the economy’s weakness.
But democracy has shown weakness and the Cuban regime has in turn adapted its tactics.
A recent (admittedly partisan) study by the US Congress’s Joint Economic Committee documents the relative weakness of the current recovery.
The official ban blocks reflection, but human weakness and careerist self-interest among those who participated buttresses the official ban.
It remains to be seen if his approach to “making China great again” will strengthen his hand or turn out to be a fatal weakness.
But it always had a crucial weakness: the EU has only limited authority to control the domestic institutions in charge of ensuring that recipient countries spend the funds appropriately.
And loss of confidence, by discouraging consumption and investment, can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, causing the economic weakness that is feared.
But that is precisely the weakness of non-democratic regimes in a global age dominated by transparency: Who dreams of becoming a Chinese citizen, or even a citizen of Singapore?
At a time when China’s economic downturn and unilateral territorial claims are posing serious challenges to the region, ASEAN’s weakness could prove highly dangerous.
Rostowski is certainly right: the euro’s weakness has emboldened Putin.
The Greek authorities and the EU had until recently denied the need for financing, owing to concern that it would signal weakness and create a stigma.
In turn, sovereign weakness made the banks appear riskier, and the banks and their home governments became joined at the hip.
Many interpreted Europe’s internal division over the war in Iraq, with ordinary citizens overwhelmingly opposed to military intervention, as a sign of the Union’s weakness.
According to a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office, large spending cuts by state and local governments – and, more recently, a significant reduction in federal spending – have contributed to the unusual and prolonged weakness of aggregate demand.
Today’s plans for protecting the financial system have a similar weakness.
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