How Inequality Fueled the Crisis

It's already fueled conflicts in Chad and Darfur.

that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain,

that is fueled from a tremendously hot fountain,

It is the fire of Allah, eternally fueled,

But all that belief had fueled me so long.

Their images fueled resistance to the war and to racism.

Now that same idea fueled the commercial food industry as well.

So fueled by that ambition, he returned to the state legislature.

Stars are fueled by how the nuclei in those atoms react together.

Secondly, and just as important, innovation has always been fueled by tinkerers.

And all of this has fueled an increase, very smooth and predictable, of productivity.

These are also, these tar fueled protocells, are also able to locate resources in their environment.

The inherent energy of this force should not be neglected, as it is fueled by the struggle to survive.

Cheap external finance, plentiful capital inflows, and commodity booms helped hide many such shortcomings and fueled 15 years of emerging market growth.

In the US and many Latin American countries, slaveholding fueled mass violence as well. The slaves and generations of their descendants were routinely murdered.

In 2008, it was a combination of exploding asset prices and excessive household sector leverage that fueled the global financial crisis. When such a debt fueled bubble bursts, its effects are transmitted directly to the real economy via household sector balance sheets, with the reduction in consumption contributing to a decline in employment and private investment.

We've gone from 30 dollars to 130 dollars in constant dollars in the value of an average hour of human labor, fueled by this information technology.

There was a kind of vodka fueled pay dispute between the helicopter pilots and the people that owned the helicopter, so we were stuck. We couldn't move.

This is a sort of free democratic spirit that operates outside the convention that elections decide the government. It is fueled enormously by social media (itself a revolutionary phenomenon).

NEW DELHI Japan s nuclear disaster has fueled fear and uncertainty among all of the world s producers of nuclear power. For India, an energy starved country, much is at stake.

They have fueled tensions among member states. Perhaps most important, they have undermined the basis on which political union rests namely, persuading European Union citizens to identify with the European idea.

Growing environmental awareness and food safety concerns among consumers and large purchasers (such as supermarket chains and government procurement) have fueled rapid growth of organic agriculture (OA) markets in recent years.

The trend has been fueled by the country apos s increasingly tight economy, which makes it virtually imperative for a family to have an income to supplement that of the husband.

If China s leaders continue to choose debt fueled growth over reform, they will only delay, and possibly prolong, the inevitable slowdown. That would turn Xi s Chinese Dream into a more elusive prospect.

China s investment consists of mainly three broad categories manufacturing industry, infrastructure, and real estate. In late 2008 and 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, stimulus fueled infrastructure investment sustained output growth.

As for Zola, who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus from charges of treason fueled by anti Semitism, he was easily convicted for libel because he merely questioned the motives of witnesses without offering any new evidence.

Today s sentiment has been fueled by populist parties positioning themselves as guardians of national identity. Europe, they argue, faces a mass influx that threatens to place even greater strain on its economies, labor markets, and cultures.

The Fed might also consider policy in 1924 1927, when low interest rates fueled stock market and real estate bubbles, or 2003 2005, when interest rates were held down in the face of serious financial imbalances.

DAKAR The slump in prices for Africa s natural resources, which led to chronic deficits in the past, has been reversed. Consumption, fueled by huge Asian demand for African commodities, is on the rise across the continent.

Believers, save yourselves and your families from the fire which is fueled by people and stones and is guarded by stern angels who do not disobey God's commands and do whatever they are ordered to do.

Believers, save yourselves and your families from the fire which is fueled by people and stones and is guarded by stern angels who do not disobey God's commands and do whatever they are ordered to do.

None of this might matter were it not for the fact that extremely low interest rates have fueled increased risk taking by borrowers and yield hungry lenders. The result has been a massive mispricing of financial assets.

Kurds held fast to their own ethnic identity. Eventually, the suppression of the Kurdish language and culture fueled a brutal insurgency, led by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) which has cost the country more than 30,000 lives.

Even if a bailout plan were implemented quickly which appears increasingly unlikely there would be some credit contraction. The US economy has been sustained by a consumption boom fueled by excessive borrowing, and that will be curtailed.

Popular discontent over food prices has fueled political instability in some countries, most notably in Egypt and Tunisia. Even agricultural producers would prefer some price stability over the wild ups and downs of the last five years.

While oil has made a few presidents and princes staggeringly rich, the rest of the population has received little benefit. Hunger is widespread indeed, poverty and inequality have fueled much of the popular mobilization in the region.

This distributional quandary lies at the heart of the capitalist system, which is one of never ending competition fueled by the drive to maximize profits. In such a world, there is no room for a social conscience.

Much of Africa s poverty is fueled by conflicts. In the course of my work over the past 30 years, I have observed that whether it is at the national or regional level, most conflicts are over resources.

Concerns in the EU over energy security, fueled by increasing dependence on Russia, have never been greater. Together with the Russian authorities expropriation of oil company Yukos, foreigners have been squeezed out of Russia s energy extraction sector.

Imagine a coal fueled power plant that emits only water and clean air. Inside the plant, designer yeast cells transform the carbon dioxide released during the coal s combustion into raw materials for floor tiles and other construction supplies.

The bitter dispute within the Eurogroup (comprising the eurozone countries finance ministers) not only strained relations among the monetary union s members, but also fueled tensions within national governments. Many European leaders are still smarting and licking their wounds.

In Europe, the pre crisis boom in real estate investment was fueled by reckless credit flows from Northern to Southern Europe. Credit rationing has followed, as banks reduced their overburdened balance sheets and were discouraged from risk taking.

But the conflict is also between militants and moderates, fueled by neighboring rulers seeking to defend their interests and increase their influence. Conflicts take place within and between states civil wars and proxy wars become impossible to distinguish.

To be sure, trying is better than doing nothing. But what really matters is whether, after the summit, China takes concrete actions that reflect a genuine shift from the policies that have fueled the deterioration in bilateral ties.