But that is not a durable solution to the many challenges and significant opportunities Iraq faces.

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Japan's exports also moved swiftly up the value chain, but whereas this was not enough to support durable gains in its market share, China has the advantage of capital controls that will prevent its exchange rate rising as abruptly as Japan's did in the 1980s.

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Tapping this steam would be expensive, since it would require not only extra building materials, but also more durable ones, to cope with the higher pressures and temperatures.

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Its relevance is not whether you are an Apple fan or not but whether we see in Apple a different and durable way to scale an enterprise.

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The first clue that those expectations may be problematic showed up this week in the report of durable goods orders for July, which was not only much worse overall than expected, but which showed that orders for machinery and computers plummeted 15% in July, the largest monthly decline on record.

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The actual hardware part is somewhat large, but not cumbersome, and it's pretty clear that this was designed to be comfortable for most hands, yet durable, particularly suitable for children.

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Think of it: It's not so much the lack of capitalist ethos that impoverishes the people of Peru or Madagascar, but the lack of durable capital that can be traded back and forth.

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