But there's definitely a slow adjustment at work here.

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What it does provide is a fast rather than a slow and torturous adjustment.

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As the returns from economic reforms tend to be slow and the short-term adjustment costs high, the government should have adopted generous social compensatory and adjustment-assistance policies.

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