The Failed State of Egypt?

Yet rich countries also fail.

Sami's loose lips almost sank the investigation.

When the strategy goes wrong, the recriminations begin.

The impact on governance is all too predictable.

Expansionary monetary policy in such an environment might fail.

China is not too big to fail.

You must work hard in order not to fail.

Pages that fail the checksum should be discarded.

That s because, in practice, job boards fail to fulfill their potential.

When the services fail, the position of the wealthy is threatened.

665 BC Elam attacks Babylon, but fails.

But socialism, in its classical form, failed as it had to.

The G 8 did not fail because of the current financial crisis.

Pleurodesis fails in as many as 30 of cases.

The Perils of Prophecy

Moreover, prudence does not mean that humanitarian interventions will always fail.

Just as we can't predict what one molecule in a gas will do it's hopeless to predict a single molecule yet we can predict the properties of the whole gas, using thermodynamics, very accurately.

The heavily indebted countries will either fail to implement the necessary measures, or, if they do, they will fail to meet their targets, as collapsing growth drives down budget revenues.

That is why the police fail to take tough action against rioting young thugs.

They do not expect much from the state and are not surprised when it fails to deliver.

With rare exceptions, primary and secondary schools leave students badly prepared for university.

This is where European governments (along with their economist advisors) have kept missing the boat.

What it is is intelligence is defined by prediction.

Often, our theories fail quite miserably when we go to the data.

(d) Unpredictability of forecasting

Winning the Too Big to Fail Battle

Many international assistance programs fail because they are badly designed and or too complicated.

In Italy, inventor Roberto Vezzi had a Smart EV project along the same lines.

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It was estimated that 50 75 of warheads would fail.

Gangs flourish because weak institutions fail to guarantee and respect the fundamental rights of children and young people.

When both governments and markets fail, impact investors can stimulate change.

Cuba will not rest in its struggle, will not surrender, will never make concessions, will never fail to speak up.

They fail to build long term markets and long term opportunities, the crux of business success.

But predicting how nature works is a very risky game.

Technologies are tools. When the tool fails, it needs to be replaced.

Last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that, if the euro fails, then not only the currency fails .Europe will fail, and with it the idea of European unity.

Elements of the investment portfolio in the public sector and the SOEs are beginning to fail this test.

Local governments are equally careless, often failing to service their debts.

After all, the good of democratic structures is their predictability.

It has clearly failed for some countries, and it may fail for many.

To this end, force should be used only when all other means have failed.

These are convincing arguments. But they fail to account for one critical factor historical context.

The technocrats in turn see their position confirmed with every passing day that the alleged crisis of legitimacy fails to appear.