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...should expect climate change to progressively become the area to which government spending will be directed," says Christian Egenhofer, senior fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. He points to recent German government tax-incentive plans to spur consumption of cleaner cars and green appliances. And he says climate change could become a primary revenue source through emission permits. "If emissions rights are auctioned, governments will be able to collect at least €30 billion ($38.9 billion) annually from 2012 onwards," Egenhofer says. "By 2020, it could reach up to €90 billion ($116.8 billion) annually...
...Other things require a more sustained commitment,” Venkayya said. All three panelists agreed that it would be disastrous to reduce spending on global health because of the current financial crisis. In fact, they said that increased efforts in global health could actually spur the economy, a surprising view to the students attending the panel. “I thought all the perspectives were interesting in terms of the U.S. playing a role as a leader, and the necessity for global health spending during this financial crisis,” said Lulu R. Tsao...
...elected in 2005 on a populist chicken-in-every-pot platform, so could the failing economy prove his undoing. Many of Iran's glaring economic deficiencies (including inflation, youth unemployment and, ironically, fuel scarcity) were cushioned during Ahmadinejad's tenure by soaring petroleum prices. Falling world oil prices will spur a crisis in Iran that will make international sanctions more painful...
While the financial industry is in tatters, Wall Street's near implosion kindled concern over the dangers of unfettered free markets - a fear that could spur demand for those able to gauge and repair the damage. "It looks like we're going to go into more of a regulatory environment, so that will help accountants and lawyers," Challenger says...
This is not the first time the Republicans have relied upon robo-calls to spur voters to the polls. In 2000, a rallying cry was Elian Gonzalez, the boy who got sent back to Cuba with his father. Elian was a hot-button topic with Cuban Americans who fought to keep the boy with relatives in Miami, and Republicans emphasized his case in robo-calls. "It's a predictable tactic," Coffey says. "Yes, there's some effectiveness. Whether it's too little, too late, I don't know...