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But within a couple of decades, the annual surplus will evaporate, and Social Security will have to start drawing on this nest egg.
U.S. historical standards, U.S. gross national saving has generally been lower than other major industrialized countries over the past 4 decades (see figure 2.3).
Economists, after a few decades of hesitation, picked it up in the '80s and made it a cornerstone of their discipline.
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit told the Post that northwestern cities have industrialized and expanded over the past few decades, despite a string of predictions that an earthquake would hit.
In explaining why economic growth has lagged over the last two decades, Greider singles out the deregulation of finance by both national and international bodies.