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...macroeconomists interviewed for this article commended Bernanke for steering the economy away from the brink of collapse, but they also questioned elements of his monetary policies...
...responsible to bringing the economy to the brink,” said Stiglitz, who called the AIG bailout “unconscionable...
...even in the second game—the Crimson’s lone victory of the weekend—errors pushed it to the brink. After Harvard took a 29-23 lead, the Red Flash won six consecutive points to even the score...
...Party so he could run as Fernandez's No. 2. Relations between the two quickly soured. Since assuming office, Fernandez has renationalized companies that were privatized in the 1990s including airlines and public utilities, and privatized pension-fund assets worth $30 billion. She also led the country to the brink of a civilian uprising over her brash attempt to levy a hefty tax on the country's lucrative soy exports in 2008. The move, announced just prior to the commencement of the yearly harvest, enraged farmers and caused a revolt that enjoyed widespread popular support. Peace was restored only after...
...there is little doubt that the steady push of refugees from the Horn of Africa into Yemen is proving taxing for a country on the brink of becoming the world's next failed state. Yemen simply doesn't have the resources to deal with multiple insurgencies, a water crisis, development woes, unemployment, widespread poverty and a refugee issue all at once. The country's foreign minister, Abubaker Abdullah al-Qirbi, told TIME in an interview in his office in early December: "The challenge is enormous . . . [The refugees] pose a lot of problems, both [security-related] and also pressure...