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...Minding the gap isn't merely an academic exercise. Excess capacity directly affects the biggest question facing policymakers today: when to exit from stimulus programs that were introduced to combat the recession. Everyone agrees the cure for excess capacity is increasing demand, whether it is generated through a fundamentally strengthening economy or through artificial means like "Cash for Clunkers" measures. Turn off the tap too quickly before normal demand recovers, and the downturn could persist. "The best way of reducing excess capacity is by not prematurely unwinding stimulus spending," Lin of the World Bank told TIME...
...Wichita tells Tallahassee, "I told you we should have gone to Russell Crowe's." Murray does materialize - playing a solitary star like Adam Sandler's Funny People character, but in a gentler reading - in a cameo that's wonderfully written and played and boasts one of the funniest exit lines in zombie-movie history. (See the top 25 horror movies of all time...
...high-level politicians by name, to see people who an hour earlier shared the stage with Maliki. "I know I'm an old woman, but I can't find anyone to help me. I came here because now I don't have a place to live." Dejected, the women exit into the hot and dusty parking lot. "I want our voice to be heard," Salman says. She and her fellow voters may get their wish - or revenge...
...hardly a ringing endorsement. But rather than face the implications of a second no vote, which some say could lead to Ireland's exit from the E.U., the government will welcome all the yes votes it can muster - however grudging they...
...Edging Toward the Exit U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner this month announced that the U.S. is starting to phase out some of its emergency support for banks and financial markets. But he pointedly made no mention of a full-blown "exit strategy," saying that "we must continue reinforcing recovery until it is self-sustaining." When and how governments and central banks pull back is a critical issue that still needs to be coordinated. One of the risks is that inflation could soar due to the explosion of national debt in many countries during the crisis. And early signs suggest governments...