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Political systems in which power is least controlled, and the abuse of wealth greatest, are most at risk.

Current conditions are keeping economic performance well below potential.

Yet there is hope for those at lower latitudes as well.

Most local forecasters now put Brazil s growth rates well below potential output.

They have remained at lower levels ever since, despite little visible improvement in the European economy.

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The principle of subsidiarity devolves authority unneeded at higher levels to the lowest feasible level throughout the hierarchy.

The employment to population ratio in the US remains flat mired at the very low levels to which it fell during the recession.

According to opinion polls, Nicolas Sarkozy s popularity is at the lowest point seen in decades for a French president.

The lowest elevation in Sweden is in the bay of Lake Hammarsjön, near Kristianstad, at below sea level.

Everywhere, economic activity is painfully stabilizing at 5 to 10 below 2007 levels.

To prevent housing prices from overshooting on the downside, the number of foreclosures has to be kept to a minimum.

Ongoing private and public debt deleveraging has kept global demand growth below that of supply.

By requiring the higher standard only in unmarked minefields the costs of transitioning in the short term are kept to a minimum.

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German French relations, once the cornerstone of European integration, are at their lowest point in decades.

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When the two sides are anxious to avoid provoking each other, such activities are kept to a minimum, but it would seem that China has taken a conscious decision in recent months to keep the Indians on their toes.

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But the risk posed by these disputes is growing, because China s relations with both the Philippines and Vietnam are at their lowest point in decades.

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Keynesian models claiming a quick boost from higher government spending below full employment show that the effect soon turns negative.

Indeed, business lending particularly to small businesses in both the US and Europe remains markedly below pre crisis levels.

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This is what we see in the United Kingdom and the United States, where borrowing costs remain at all time lows, despite both countries weak public finances and poor growth prospects.

Growth has been virtually flat in developed economies and, at 5.6 in the emerging world, is well below the 7.6 average in the previous five year period.

At that point, with US demand shrinking, the rest of the world would indeed feel the economic effects of a Romney presidency quite directly.

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Second, wealth effects are maximized when debt service is minimized that is, when interest expenses do not swallow the capital gains of asset appreciation.

Chinese policymakers should begin with a careful examination of the effects of current financial repression (the practice of keeping interest rates below the market equilibrium level).

Moreover, economic costs for the individual and the home economy are likely to be minimal owing to scarce employment opportunities at home and the limited capacity for collecting income taxes.

Second, expectations of the fiscal cliff automatic tax increases and spending cuts set for the end of this year will keep spending and growth lower through the second half of 2012.

Most importantly, a slowdown of this magnitude would put China below the 8 growth threshold that its leadership apparently believes is necessary to avert social strife.