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The other key reason behind the world’s silence is that the Sri Lankan government was relentless in banning independent observers – media, NGOs, or diplomats – from witnessing or reporting on its actions.
Japan is now witnessing the emergence of a similar national consensus, or, rather, the Dutch consensus in reverse: a shared sense that the government, major industries, and organized labor should work together to increase wages and bonuses (while facilitating incentives that could enhance productivity).
Does this mean that just as the institution of universal banking is being held up as a model in many postcommunist countries, we are witnessing its end in Germany itself?
I think we are witnessing something new being born.
Little wonder, then, that we are now witnessing a significant correction in equity, credit, and commodities markets.
Are we, as some observers have claimed, witnessing the end of convergence?
Nonetheless, I would argue that we are witnessing the end of one era of world history and the dawn of another.
This year’s revamped publication – shorter than usual, analytically well-structured, and written in lucid prose, without hyperbole – in some ways mirrors Africa’s own transformation, as it raises hopes that we may at last be witnessing the continent’s long-promised economic arrival.
What we are witnessing today is a totally different story.
Putting this genie back in its bottle would be virtually impossible without bloodshed of the type we are now witnessing in some parts of the Arab world.
While the true NAIRU level is probably lower, and we are likely witnessing a secular decline in the workforce participation rate, the US labor market should still tighten in 2016.
With Islamic fundamentalism, too, we are not witnessing a traditional religion asserting itself against the Christian West.
Three and a half years after the dawn of the “Arab Spring,” there is a real possibility that we are witnessing the early phase of a prolonged, costly, and deadly struggle; as bad as things are, they could well become worse.
What we are witnessing today is something a bit less sinister – call it an “authoritarian temptation.”
Nowadays, we are witnessing the application of Sun’s ideas in Africa, where China’s prime objectives are to secure energy and mineral supplies to fuel its breakneck economic expansion, open up new markets, curtail Taiwan’s influence on the continent, consolidate its burgeoning global authority, and clinch for themselves African-allocated export quotas.
At the Jackson Hole conference, Paul McCulley of PIMCO, the world’s largest bond fund, argued that in the past month or two we have been witnessing a run on what he calls the “shadow banking system,” which consists of all the levered investment conduits, vehicles and structures that have sprung up along with the housing boom.
And could the world be witnessing the “Orientalization” of Turkey?
India, China, and a handful of other Asian countries are also witnessing remarkable growth in local alternative energy companies and the use of renewable energy.
We are witnessing the emergence of what I call the “Angry Quarter.”
After a year of Hollande, France is witnessing a fundamental political revolution.
In short, we are witnessing a rapid decoupling between financial markets and inclusive social and economic well-being.
In other words, what we are witnessing is the effect of a major shift from hyper-growth led by exports and investment (thanks to a vibrant manufacturing sector) to a model that is much more reliant on the slower but steadier growth dynamic of consumer spending and services.
A Human Rights Crime In GazaAtlanta -- The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air, or land.
The US currently is witnessing several corruption scandals.
The UK Will Survive, but Europe Won'tWARSAW – In Britain and throughout the West, we are witnessing the eclipse of the political mainstream.
MELBOURNE – With daily headlines focusing on war, terrorism, and the abuses of repressive governments, and religious leaders frequently bemoaning declining standards of public and private behavior, it is easy to get the impression that we are witnessing a moral collapse.
Still, it is tempting to think that Syria is witnessing a new beginning, and the end of an era whose sins we all bear.
We are also witnessing the establishment of a new balance between state and market.
More importantly, beyond the decline of the market and the re-legitimization of the state, we may be witnessing a rehabilitation of politics and politicians, if not of idealism.
Global redistribution through taxes that would be levied by an international body may seem far-fetched today, but the logic of development that we are witnessing – particularly the move away from nation-states as the locus of sovereignty – suggests that it may eventually come to pass.
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