And that was never the point...

The tragedy of that protracted stagnation isn't sufficiently recognized, I think.

If the reality is stagnation, I can only go up if you go down.

So a lot of economists look at declining population and expect to see stagnation, maybe depression.

Many younger Japanese have told me that they are fed up with stagnation and drift.

These factors contributed to a stagnant Soviet economy during Gorbachev's tenure.

His early volume of short stories, Dubliners , is a penetrating analysis of the stagnation and paralysis of Dublin society.

You can see on a graph, after years of stagnation, the paper started to grow, just after redesign.

As a result, the EU has been in a permanent crisis, characterized by economic stagnation and high unemployment.

If the euro is to be preserved, and if stagnation is to be avoided, five policy measures could be attempted

Either stagnation will lead to the eurozone s breakup, or circumstances will force a policy change.

So, whichever side gains the upper hand, authoritarianism and economic stagnation will prevail once again.

From ancient times through the Middle Ages, bursts of mathematical creativity were often followed by centuries of stagnation.

We are in a period of long cultural stasis from a million years ago until around 60,000 to 70,000 years ago.

Economic stagnation, in contrast, creates uncertainties and risks for the poor, encouraging people to stay in the slums.

As Southern states were subdued, critical decisions had to be made as to their leadership while their administrations were re formed.

The last decade of Henry VIII's reign had seen a partial stalling of the Reformation, a drifting back to more conservative values.

We have an example from the early twentieth century of the political consequences of such a period of economic depression and stagnation.

What were people now doing for the first time that made that difference between stagnation and rapid, open ended discovery?

CAMBRIDGE After a double dip recession and an extended period of stagnation, the eurozone is finally seeing green shoots of recovery.

After such a long period of stagnation, people demand to see and feel changes for the better in their own lives.

This approach would promote socially diverse and productive neighborhoods, rather than segregation and pockets of economic stagnation.

By 1998, Japan's public works projects still could not stimulate demand enough to end the economy's stagnation.

Because after years of stagnation and decline, the mentality of politics is that it's a zero sum game.

The momentum of the recovery mainly reflected stronger exports and , following a long period of stagnation , an initial strengthening of private consumption .

Economists such as Robert Gordon of Northwestern University argue that this slump in productivity growth reflects the stagnation of technology.

Changes and adaptations After the success of the 1896 Games, the Olympics entered a period of stagnation that threatened their survival.

Due to international trade interdependencies this led to European economic stagnation and delayed European recovery for several years.

The Plague of Justinian and the Arab conquests would represent a substantial reversal of fortunes contributing to a period of stagnation and decline.

BUDAPEST Across Europe, millions are suffering from unemployment and the prospect of a long period of economic stagnation.

But the EU is not a country it is an incomplete association of sovereign states that will not survive a decade or more of stagnation.

As a result, the tax GDP ratio in most countries in Sub Saharan Africa and Latin America has stagnated or even fallen.

Some, indeed, now predict a Chinese banking or fiscal disaster others predict long term stagnation equivalent to Japan s lost decades.

Mr Fruteau, we at least need to recognise that there is growth, and that we are not working in a period of stagnation or recession, as has been the case in the past.

After all, donor countries are mired in debt and stagnation, while some recipient economies are growing 5 7 times faster than they are.

However , it also reflects a standstill in fiscal consolidation and new deficit increasing measures in a number of countries with fiscal imbalances , including some with high deficits .

Stagnant employment , higher commodity prices and adverse effects from equity and house prices are projected to weigh on private consumption .

Poor infrastructure, social exclusion and economic stagnation Social exclusion and poor infrastructure forces the poor to adapt to conditions beyond his or her control.

With the end of the cycle of navigation of the Iguaçu River, in 1950, began a period of economic stagnation that struck the entire southern region.

But prolonged inaction, induced by relative calm in financial markets, will perpetuate stagnation and eventually lead to a breakup of one sort or another.

Long term stagnation and high unemployment are the likely result of confrontation with the eurozone, which leaves only the path of renegotiation.

With enlightenment and progress in some parts of the world accompanied by atavism and stagnation elsewhere, this is not an easy question.

But, given that this view is expressed in every deep depression, it appears to be an effect of economic stagnation, rather than a cause of it.

Developed countries, meanwhile, have an opportunity to narrow the gap between average and best practices, and to avoid the danger of secular stagnation.

The poor roads and the sluggish growth of agriculture caused stagnation and the loss of political autonomy, with the town becoming a district of Piedade city in 1934.