He said you must take their problem from them, relieving them of their burden, and then deal with the problem.

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These economists are convinced that they could deal with any sort of economic problem with their funny money toolkit.

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Its communications director Harry Benson said they should "convince politicians of all colours of their utter failure to deal with the central social problem of our times".

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The Cyprus deal puts the burden for dealing with problem banks on their shareholders and creditors - in this particular case, customers with large bank balances - rather than the government and taxpayers, or bondholders.

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And many rich countries exacerbate the problem by recruiting from poor ones to help deal with their own shortages.

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That it was exactly that people were getting nervous and moving their money that led to the decision to close the banks and deal with the problem.

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It is already spinning Washington's and London's absence into a refusal to deal with the demand-side of the problem - the huge appetite for illegal drugs in their markets.

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Their reasoning: Mac viruses are infrequent enough that they are not a problem for them to deal with.

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