Individual speculators may lose from the resulting busts but society gains from their overoptimistic investments.
But rich countries will gain more than they lose from the enrichment of others.
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The Chinese will no longer lose from keeping about a trillion in our Treasury paper.
It is true that Finland has the most to lose from a pooling of sovereign debts.
Thus, both EA and Zynga potentially have a lot to lose from letting their case proceed.
Overall, though, small companies have a lot to gain and little to lose from hyping their products.
Consumer electronics firms, which dictated the last encryption format, never had much to lose from security leaks.
Unsurprisingly, state bureaucracies oppose the computerisation of government records because they stand to lose from such openness.
They believe they have the most to lose from peace talks (though plenty of Pushtuns are also fearful).
But a new census will also anger powerful vested interests which stand to lose from more accurate information.
Keynes's idea was squashed by the Americans, who stood to lose from it.
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What did the institutional investors have to lose from voting against these guys?
The names released Friday include business leaders and lobbyists with a lot to gain or lose from Obama policies.
Unlike most Republicans, he wants to help people who lose from this turmoil.
Such extra cash could become a useful carrot to stimulate reform, or to compensate those who might lose from it.
Congo's president, Laurent Kabila, desperate to hold on to power, has by far the most to lose from peaceful politics.
DJ's critics cry appeasement, while JI must watch his generals - who have much to lose from any outbreak of peace.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith said 400, 000 households - one third of those in Wales -would lose from UK government welfare changes.
Can this investment lose any principal, and how much of my investment will I lose from any upfront fees and ongoing costs?
He said Iraq's politicians have the most to lose from the pullout.
Taxi drivers, who expect to lose from the government's liberalisation, caused mayhem in Rome this week, blocking traffic and detonating home-made parcel bombs.
Ironically, it is now also in America, which has the most to lose from restrictions on e-commerce, that opposition to the convention is strongest.
In both cases, a card company could lose from greater transparency.
Mr Morgan complained that the full weight of the government had swung behind his rival, who he said had more to lose from the AEEU vote.
And he wants to see lower interest rates on Italy's debt, to pacify taxpayers facing bigger bills and special interests that will lose from more competition.
Many Internet publishers, therefore, have little to lose from printing untruths and plenty to gain in notoriety if the story they put out is sensational enough.
At one stage, the two leaders announced they had reached a compromise - but MPs who stand to lose from early elections said they would not support it.
There are signs of a split between the superstars, who have most to lose from a new deal, and players of more modest ability, who would rather settle.
No party has more to lose from elections than the FDP, which won a record 14.6% of the vote in September but has since slumped in the polls.
Not all businesses stand to lose from the proposal, however.
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