At last, she can restrain herself no longer.

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Without the option of a currency devaluation, countries such as Spain, Portugal and Italy have no alternative but to restrain labour costs and bring in supply-side reforms that raise productivity, especially through the freeing of labour markets.

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Ludwig von Mises, an economist and former left-winger, said no bureaucracy had the means to restrain itself.

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The central bank has raised reserve requirements in a bid to restrain lending, but to no great effect.

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States with no payroll income taxes, such as Nevada, Florida, Tennessee, Texas and New Hampshire, help restrain the greed of politicians in states that have punitive income tax systems, such as California, Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.

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