The political consequences could be similarly devastating.

Widespread economic distress is never without political consequences.

This crass political move has serious human consequences.

Few Western executives understand the political consequences of their misperceptions.

In any case, the political consequences overshadow legal or bureaucratic issues.

The political consequences of the US economy s renewed strength will reverberate worldwide.

Nobody yet knows what the political consequences of these economic changes will be.

The verdicts sent an unmistakable message, one with serious consequences for Egypt s political transition.

Governments took the right measures to save the banks, but ignored the political consequences.

Otherwise, if justice was to be the primary concern, the entire political leadership would be in jail, with dire consequences to political stability.

Hungary has many reasons to be sensitive to the issue of the political consequences of debt.

But a lack of accurate information has equally, if not more, severe consequences for political processes.

The depression that European authorities have imposed on Spain and Greece already is having political consequences.

As in the Great Depression, the political consequences are more serious and hold longer term significance.

The second would lead to even more riots in the streets of Greece, with unforeseeable political consequences.

This will not only delay the restoration of economic growth, but will also have dire political consequences.

Even if the result would have been longer term stability, the immediate political consequences were too unpleasant.

The consequences have not been happy. Monetary union without banking, fiscal, and political union has been a disaster.

But this focus on internal growth will have massive political consequences, both domestically and in foreign policy terms.

Otherwise, China would quickly reach its limits to growth, with disastrous ecological and, as a result, political consequences.

Nowhere, however, are the political and social consequences of an economic slump more potentially destabilizing than in China.

Whether you like the political consequences of the Citizens United decision or not, it has its own logic.

If allowed to fester, the political consequences could be severe, including trade protectionism and perhaps even social unrest.

That in turn aggravates the consequences of the lack of observance of their basic civil and political rights.

If no adequate provisions are made to sustain global competitiveness, the economic, social, and political consequences could be dire.

The effectiveness of available options is limited, and all of them are pregnant with unpredictable political and military consequences.

My research has focused on the consequences of asymmetries in information for the functioning of the economy. But a lack of accurate information has equally, if not more, severe consequences for political processes.

For more than three decades, no one really challenged the consequences of turning political power over to the highest bidders.

The problem with technocrats, however, is that they tend to be oblivious to the political consequences of their own plans.

Juan Tadeo brings a piece from Mexico, emphasizing political and economic inequality and their social consequences of discrimination and violence.

The other is that they will resort to neither, and that no alternative growth engines will have been started, leading to an extended slowdown with unpredictable political consequences at home and serious economic consequences abroad.

Germany s current policy is all the more absurd in view of the bitter political and economic consequences that it would face.

Nevertheless, understanding this phenomenon and its political consequences sheds light on what other OECD countries might face in the near future.

While it is true that multiple policy targets tend to increase the political sensitivity of central banks decisions, concentrating only on price stability also has important distributional consequences and political implications.

Indeed, emerging market economies are bracing for a serious bout of it together with the dire political consequences that it will bring.

Consequences The Military Academy Incident and the Aizawa Incident were indicative of the increasing politicization and political polarization of the Japanese military, and an increasing tendency to resolve political differences through force.

Although the rise 25 years ago of Solidarity, the first independent civic movement in the former Soviet empire, had huge political consequences, Solidarity was, primarily, neither a political movement nor a labor union.

So, in the political sphere, reason has trumped both faith in an unattainable goal and self delusion about the consequences of its pursuit.

As a practical matter, Putin certainly does not seem to be suffering any adverse domestic political consequences from his bashing in the US.

Further recalling Israeli aggressions against Lebanon, and the resulting losses of life and property, and their consequences on political and economic conditions in Lebanon

Unfortunately, we are far more likely to see unions growing political influence become a major destabilizing force in trade and growth, with highly uncertain consequences.

Those who maintain this theory reminded the Mission that political assassinations are carried out not in revenge, but in order to lead to certain consequences.

Two activities in Geneva on the crisis of the right to development (Apr.3), and economic, political and social consequences of Plan Colombia (Apr.6).

C. Consequences

How this increasingly likely process unfolds will have enormous political and security consequences for the region. Will China accept a unified peninsula under a US ally?