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Too many companies thanks in part to the political cover provided by the likes of Kaiser have been able to extract huge favors from government that have provided little-to-no contribution to the American economy.
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And Samson Canada did well too, thanks to Kevin and many other great people like him.
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Moreover, thanks to the union, there are too many cleaners and clerks and not enough doctors and nurses.
ECONOMIST: Working in the official economy has its drawbacks
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Nonetheless, many worry that Britain's extradition arrangements have become too free and easy, thanks to the legal changes in 2003 that lightened the burden of proof in seeking extradition for 51 countries, including a few rather dodgy ones such as Azerbaijan.
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Important, too, is how this effort succeeded -- thanks to the leadership and contributions of many countries.
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Thanks to the power of the state football federations, Brazilian clubs play too many matches in state championships, often in half-empty stadiums.
ECONOMIST: Golden goals
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Many Russian politicians are already far too beholden to coteries of scheming tycoons, who, thanks partly to the coarse system of privatisation used a few years ago, have been the biggest beneficiaries of Russia's chaotic switch to the market.
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It is too early to say whether Mr Sarkozy is a failure at home: thanks to his doublespeak on so many issues, we will only know on his last day in office whether he was a reformer using populism to change France, or just another French ruler in hock to the country's vested corporatist interests, and paralysed by fear of public opinion.
ECONOMIST: European politics
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Thanks to improvements in telecoms and the world trading system, many smaller firms are increasingly mobile too.
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