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...addition, some tile from the servery will be extended into the hall, a new dish conveyor belt will be added, and the floor will be recarpeted...
...editor of the Washington-based magazine Foreign Policy, agreed that the world economy was unlikely to crash. "But there's no doubt that America's adjustment is going to have consequences," he said. "U.S. interest rates matter to the rest of the world. They are a conveyor belt that is going to transmit shock waves to others...
...could go wrong if nothing is done about the U.S. fiscal and trade deficits. "The war [in Iraq] is being paid for by borrowing. The increase in drug benefits is being paid for by borrowing. Nobody's been asked to do anything," Sachs says. But if America faces some belt tightening, doesn't it follow that the rest of the world will feel the pinch? Not necessarily, argues Tyson: So long as the rest of the world doesn't suddenly stop financing the U.S. deficits--forcing Washington to take radical action--the global economy can handle the adjustment. The rest...
...some point, we are unwilling to pay any more money for a slightly better safety belt. That doesn’t mean we place zero value on our lives. But ultimately, Posner writes, “the difficulty…that people have in grasping miniscule probabilities would cause them to ignore the risk completely and thus demand zero compensation for bearing...
...Coop and pick up a copy of Catastrophe. But on the way, follow Posner’s risk-reducing advice: strap on a bicycle helmet, buckle up your safety belt, look both ways before you cross the street…and watch out for particle physicists on the loose...