The budget deficit, unsurprisingly, ballooned.

As a result, the economy may worsen and political instability increase.

Because there are more little fish being eaten, the mercury content is magnified.

The world s middle class will have swelled from one billion consumers to three billion.

If policymakers are not careful and lucky the magnitude of this risk will increase significantly in the years ahead.

We now live in a world where anyone can publish an opinion or perspective, whether true or not, and have that opinion amplified within the information marketplace.

Dayan Barak warned that beyond the furrow of the (Gaza) border, a sea of hatred and desire for revenge is swelling, awaiting the day when serenity will dull our path.

Governments have refused to reinstate the absolute wall of separation between commercial and investment banks, leaving taxpayers on the hook to pay deposit insurance claims when the bubble prone financial sector blows up.

With a rapidly aging population and a shrinking workforce, tax revenue will contract, while expenditure on pensions and health care will expand, undermining the fiscal position. Various estimates by private sector economists and World Bank officials suggest that the government s accumulated net implicit pension debt could balloon to 75 110 of GDP.

Rothberg was killed because the yearning for peace deafened his ears, and he did not hear the voice of murder waiting in ambush. Dayan Barak warned that beyond the furrow of the (Gaza) border, a sea of hatred and desire for revenge is swelling, awaiting the day when serenity will dull our path.