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...Around the same time the Burmese discovered a treasure trove of natural gas, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, sitting offshore. The net result? A Burmese regime that can easily withstand Western sanctions, an economy still closely tied to official power and patronage, and a growing underclass facing greater hardship than ever before. Millions of poor people from rural areas are on the move, in search of work and food, including across the border into Thailand. Many are now in desperate need of basic life-saving assistance, and yet per capita international aid to Burma (less than $3 a year...
...months later, shortly after her major triumph of locating a space for her headquarters, Kolodiejchuk's files find her troubled. "What tortures of loneliness," she wrote. "I wonder how long will my heart suffer this?" This complaint could be understood as an initial response to solitude and hardship were it not for subsequent letters. The more success Teresa had - and half a year later so many young women had joined her society that she needed to move again - the worse she felt. In March 1953, she wrote Périer, "Please pray specially for me that I may not spoil...
However, most of John’s grief would come from a much more widespread development: like many Midwest farmers in the 80s, John faced financial hardship and was forced to sell most of the farm and its equipment as larger companies took over most of America’s farming needs. A decade later, however, he was able to make a surprising comeback as a pioneer of organic farming with the assistance of the Community Support Agriculture, and transform the former family farm into a volunteer-driven community farm specializing in organic products...
...economy has already grown so interconnected that bashing China and making a scapegoat out of India could wind up hurting the developed economies. Economists calculate that international trade adds about $1 trillion a year in benefits to the U.S. economy. Even the offshoring of white-collar jobs, despite the hardship it brings for laid-off workers, is a net gain for developed nations like the U.S. and Japan, as well as for the country where the jobs land. Every dollar of spending that U.S. companies transfer to India creates $1.46 in new wealth, according to McKinsey & Company, a management consultancy...
However, Whelan objected to Mellone’s plan for the review, citing the hardship of attending meetings so frequently...