Word: trickyness
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Peacekeeping is tricky, no doubt. De Waal is among those who have questioned whether we might have set our sights too high, and whether, while peacekeeping might work in small countries like Sierra Leone or East Timor or Kosovo, there may not be the resources to make it work for...
All of this amounts to a particularly tricky issue for a man who has played a key role in the City's growth: Prime Minister Brown. In the 10 years when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, his support for financial services was especially notable because his Labour Party had...
The Booker judges certainly felt so. Michael Portillo, who chaired the panel of judges and presented Adiga with a check for 50,000 pounds ($87,283) in prize money, told me that part of what thrilled him about The White Tiger is that it's as disturbing as it is...
Inflation or Deflation The amount of money that European governments and the U.S. are promising to put into the financial system is so vast - close to $2 trillion, if the cash injections and state guarantees are added up - that it could end up stoking inflation. Consumer prices have anyway been...
This grim outlook presents some particularly tricky challenges to those in charge. In previous downturns, such as the early 1990s slump, governments typically ramped up state spending in order to offset the drop in business activity. But this time, the gigantic cost of bank bailouts will leave national treasuries with...