We think it is easy money.

ls the money as good as here?

What's your idea of living?

Are you okay, Rocco?

In both cases, because some bondholders owned CDS contracts, they stood to gain more from bankruptcy than from reorganization.

But the world s pain has been these institutions gain. Since the crisis went global last autumn, the IMF has had countries parading to its door.

Competition is not a zero sum game.

One was that some short termism is sensible.

The trouble is you don't enjoy the game for its own reward.

But economics is really a positive sum game.

The downgrade could, moreover, force the US Treasury to raise the interest rate on new bonds, in which case China would stand to gain.

With the price earnings ratio remaining stable and moderate, the stock market boom does not appear to reflect merely investor psychology.

His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

So if you describe the glass as half full, this is called the gain frame, because you're focusing on what's gained, then people like it.

This gain must be preserved in the face of the current clamor to nationalize banks.

But, from the perspective of the world as a whole, net exports are a zero sum game.

Whatever the merits and shortcomings of various proposals, these divisions suppressed the bipartisan aspects of the political process and emphasized its zero sum dimension.

But this new form of ersatz capitalism, in which losses are socialized and profits privatized, is doomed to failure. Incentives are distorted.

The shareholder activism around Apple highlights the importance and controversy of the short term problem.

Yet, the foreign oil companies get 82 of the increase in the case of oil, this would amount to a windfall for them of 32 a barrel or more.

This so called demographic bonus can thus contribute significantly to economic growth and poverty reduction in contexts where governance facilitates human resource development and employment creation.

In fact, there is no other way to prevent the process from remaining a zero sum game.

CAMBRIDGE I recently examined the problem of corporate short termism from two nonstandard angles.

Such diplomatic realism need not lead to zero sum outcomes, as the example of European integration demonstrates.

Everywhere there are startups, innovations, and young entrepreneurs hungry for profits.

And much like pain, you want to understand is this a substantial or insignificant gain created and again understand the frequency that it occurs.

The S P 500 price earnings ratio is gradually climbing back to its long term average of 16.

All Cambodians, under the leadership of His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk, must now consolidate that achievement so that harmony may prevail and national reconstruction begin.

Because most of those high fertility countries are among the least developed countries where levels of extreme poverty are high, the advantages that can be brought by the demographic bonus can also contribute to the reduction of poverty.

However, over the long run, the demographic bonus dissipates as the population continues to age and the dependency ratio rises again because of increasing proportions of elderly persons.

The countries most likely to contribute to the attainment of this goal at the global level, China and India, are both beneficiaries of the demographic bonus.

Most economic research suggests that gold prices are very difficult to predict over the short to medium term, with the odds of gains and losses being roughly in balance.

If they raise their prices, they receive the full financial gain, while any loss implied by a decline in demand is distributed among all sellers.

A major shortcoming in today s world is the persistence of a zero sum sense of geopolitics.

Russian policy, based on immediate monetary gain and a hope of diplomatic influence, is dangerously short sighted.

Instead, easy money stimulated the economy by inducing households to refinance their mortgages, and to spend some of their capital.

Too many people think of economics as a zero sum game, and that China s success is coming at the expense of the rest of the world.

Of course, after several years of such returns, Oz s fund may grow enormously as new investors clamor for a piece of the action.

Given the uncertainty about future house prices, they could reasonably expect gains, which induced them to pay even more in the first place.

His basic strategy was a standard one bet against any central bank that tries to defend an inconsistent macroeconomic policy.

What is being criticized as short termism could well be a long term financial strategy that is just right for Apple.

Efforts should be made to allow them to use their labour in a productive and optimally effective way, thereby ensuring gainful employment, and encouraging self employment and entrepreneurial activity.

In this context, the accession by the Government of Namibia to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees without reservations to the articles concerning gainful employment is a high priority.

Do we really need to bring together so many people for so little gain and at such a high cost?