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engineered through aggressive monetization—combined with a collapsing dollar and surging yields, would inflict damage far beyond nominal bond principal losses. It would trigger multi-layered shocks: evaporating foreign exchange reserves...

tell David, 'This is what the LORD says: I will present three things to you. Choose one of them for yourself. I will inflict punishment upon you as you have chosen.'" 11 Then Gad came to David and said, "The LORD says for you to choose...

such opportunities as war excitement to acquire inquisitorial powers over their employees, involving the right to inflict starvation upon any subordinate who opposes them. In matters of the mind, such as education, this state of affairs...

to be a path toward de-escalation that separates deterrence from punishment. Each side will have to stop trying to inflict excessive ‘punishment’ in response to perceived hostile acts, which merely incentivizes the other to escalate...