One article by Zhang Xi'en, politics professor at Shandong University, said the world's biggest political and ruling party should set up an "exit mechanism" to trim its 83 million members to 51 million, hereby removing at least 31 million "unqualified and corrupt" members.

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Using the currency's 2007 peaks as a guide, the pound has fallen more sharply against the dollar and euro (around 25-30%) than it did after the exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992.

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Import prices will be pushed up by a weaker pound, whose 6% fall in the last three months was the biggest since sterling's ignominious exit from the European exchange-rate mechanism in 1992.

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More optimistic news in Europe included a meeting in Brussels this week in which EU leaders agreed to a crisis resolution mechanism that would give the EU an exit plan in situations of heavy debt and default.

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Therefore, the only sure way to protect individual liberty against the encroachments of the state is to structure society so as to afford each individual the maximum opportunity to exit, a realistic chance to flee the jurisdiction of any community that is making collective decisions through a decision mechanism requiring less than unanimous consent.

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