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...world economy has been used to using $4 to $5 of credit for every $1 of GDP growth." Even if this "profligate use of capital is halved," Roche argues, "it still means credit expansion of 10% to 15% is needed to achieve real growth of 2% to 3%." The problem: credit, far from expanding, is still contracting around the world - despite governments' efforts to salvage the financial system...
...impossible to manage a situation where we are able to muster enough people though the web to make a difference.”In McKibben’s view, an international agreement to cap carbon emissions is the only viable way to mitigate the effects of climate change. The problem “is too hard to take on sector by sector politically,” he said. “The only lever big enough is to change the price of fossil fuel.”Some of McKibben’s audiences throughout the week only conditionally accepted...
...argument that students who waited too long to get a ticket created their own problem is moot: The available supply obviously could not meet demand, and even if everyone went on the same day, some students would be left without a ticket. By increasing the number of tickets available for undergraduates, Harvard will make The Game more enjoyable for everyone, including the football players who deserve to have as many fans cheering them on as possible...
...check in and get on my plane. Once I had less than 20 minutes before an international flight took off, and they let me on the plane, probably because it was not an American airline. It was South American airline and the manager said "No problem, I'll get you on the plane, walk you up there take your bags." I would say most of the American airline groups that fly would go "No, you're late, you can't fly today. Your bags won't make it." It's really that lack of people just willing to go that...
...Australia and Brussels to discuss the future of the Tibetan movement. Its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has long advocated a democratic decision-making process, but Tibetans' reverence for him has inhibited many of them from speaking out in any way that might challenge his authority. "This is the problem with having God as your leader," says Tsering Shakya, a professor of modern Tibetan history at the University of British Columbia. A referendum in the early 1990s on whether to give the Dalai Lama a mandate to follow his "Middle Path," seeking autonomy within China, resulted in such overwhelming support...