MADRID For decades, critics of the European Union have spoken about a democratic deficit.

Yet Bolivia s current crisis does point to the democratic deficit that plagues Latin America today.

There was often a deficit of democratic oversight over both State military and private military capabilities.

Well before the crisis, the European Union was widely perceived to be suffering from a democratic deficit.

The reform treaty that is to be adopted in 2009 is aimed at overcoming the EU s supposed democratic deficit.

Political efficacy Allowing citizens to participate in government processes would increase the political efficacy and counteract the democratic deficit.

Europe s democratic deficit is less a gap between European institutions and European citizens than between national politics and European problems.

Figures like Senators Pete Domenici and Alan Simpson, who talked a good game about the long run deficit, never met a budget busting Republican program that they would oppose or a deficit reducing Democratic initiative that they could support.

The EU s supposed democratic deficit is a corollary of the technocratic imperative that has emerged as a favorite scapegoat in the ongoing European drama.

A credible solution to the eurozone s current crisis depends on addressing this democratic deficit, but the crisis also provides an opportunity to do so.

This deficit reflects an underlying research deficit.

BERKELEY The United States is beset by four deficits a fiscal deficit, a jobs deficit, a deficit in public investment, and an opportunity deficit.

Despite some prominent women at the top of Latin American politics, the general absence of women from the region s political life causes a serious democratic deficit.

But their failings do pose a dilemma for Democratic deficit hawk economists trying to determine what good economic policies would be should Barack Obama become president.

That restructuring will occur, deficit spending or no deficit spending.

There is both a knowledge deficit and an understanding deficit.

But pushing rule making onto supranational bureaucracies, such as the World Trade Organization or the European Commission, can result in a democratic deficit and a loss of legitimacy.

This is what the EU s democratic deficit really means No EU member state has yet to fully internalize the consequences for their democracy of the interdependence generated by integration.

Indeed, he never met a budget busting, deficit increasing initiative from a Republican president that he would not lead the charge to pass. Nor did he ever meet a sober deficit reducing initiative from a Democratic president that he did not oppose with every fiber of his being.

And allowing the ECB to supervise the banks before the European Parliament acquires the power to hold it accountable would only deepen the EU s democratic deficit and provoke a backlash.

Additional deficit spending

Europe s Trust Deficit

Europe s Vision Deficit

The Energy Deficit

The Skills Deficit

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly inattentive (ADHD PI), formerly attention deficit disorder (ADD), is one of the two types of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

At the same time, to the extent that the Commission becomes less a body of technocrats and more a political body, the so called democratic deficit will increasingly become a problem.

Especially in a country, like Italy, already strained by years of government mismanagement, and where to the budget and democratic deficits, an information deficit needs to be added to the equation.

The counterargument hinges on the difference between the current account deficit and the trade deficit.

Thus, in order to keep the current account deficit stable, the trade deficit must shrink.

Europe s Pointless Deficit Targets?

America s Misplaced Deficit Complacency

Closing Europe s Defense Deficit

Global Warming s Technology Deficit

Latin America s Education Deficit

Closing America s Jobs Deficit

The Global Trust Deficit

But none of these is the deficit that really matters. The deficit that prevents Europe from drawing a line under its crisis is a deficit of trust.

Romney has provided few details about his deficit reduction plan. But, based on what he has revealed, we know that it would increase the jobs deficit, the investment deficit, and the opportunity deficit, with negative consequences for future growth and prosperity.

The Sino American Trust Deficit

The budget deficit, unsurprisingly, ballooned.

The Dangers of Deficit Reduction

What is the Deficit Endgame?

One 2009 study found that carbohydrate deficit after exercise, but not energy deficit, contributed to insulin sensitivity increase.

But, based on what he has revealed, we know that it would increase the jobs deficit, the investment deficit, and the opportunity deficit, with negative consequences for future growth and prosperity.