Parliament has defined high treason as a capital offense.

Judging by low stock prices and high capital outflows, investors were already betting against high growth rates.

But, given current progress and high capital costs, this appears overly optimistic.

Although high growth requires large scale capital formation, the relation between investment in real capital assets and human capital in China seems to be out of proportion.

More importantly, the crisis highlighted the risks associated with high dependence on foreign capital.

Capital gains should be taxed at least at as high a rate as ordinary income.

In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

The key is to reflect on six kinds of capital goods business capital, infrastructure, human capital, intellectual capital, natural capital, and social capital.

The fact is that high risk research, just like high risk capital investments in the business world, has the potential to be more profitable than safer approaches.

Consider what is happening on several floors of a single high rise office building in Accra, Ghana's capital.

Ironically, a high profile media conference was taking place on that day in Almaty, the nation's commercial capital.

Although high growth requires large scale capital formation, the relation between investment in real capital assets and human capital in China seems to be out of proportion. This is reflected in the current investment ratio for real capital assets of 43 of GDP, compared to 4.3 investment in human capital in the form of education.

Since high risk premiums on government bonds endanger the capital adequacy of banks, half a solution is not enough.

This is bad news for reducing income inequality, as capital gains and high end wages may grow much faster.

Real investment (investment adjusted for the declining prices of high tech and information related capital goods) continued to roar ahead.

High investment may cause economic overheating and increase the price of capital goods in the medium term, eventually triggering inflation.

High capital and provision requirements for certain transactions, or prohibition of such transactions, should also be introduced for prudential reasons.

The country's high levels of debt put it at the mercy of foreign capital, making it more vulnerable to privatisation.

Capital Shrugged

Damming Capital

Capital flight

First, they must accumulate capital, which implies a high savings rate that will help pay for new machines, equipment, and infrastructure.

Moreover, capital inflows increased significantly, owing to real investment opportunities in the high growth economy and the expectation of renminbi revaluation.

In 1836 the family moved to Petersburg, where the countess was well received in the high intellectual society of the capital.

Much needed capital investment can enable smallholder farmers to provide the private sector with a sustainable supply of high quality agricultural produce.

Other models have large quarterly shocks to the depreciation rate in the capital stock (in order to generate high asset price volatilities)...

But domestic money growth in China s immature bank based capital market is high and unpredictable, while many interest rates remain officially pegged.

Capitals of Capital

Capital master plan

'A capital idea!'

'Capital! Let's go!...

Outside the capital

Despite Putin's so far unsuccessful fight against terrorism, his popularity remains high, so he has the political capital to make tough internal reforms.

A country with current account and capital account surpluses and increasing foreign exchange reserves normally sees an excessive money supply and high inflation.

How can we ignore that a high number of inmates commit suicide self inflicted capital punishment to escape the inhumanity of their imprisonment?

Rich countries need immigrants nowadays in order to fill the jobs that Adair Turner, in his book Just Capital , calls high touch jobs.

When the global financial crisis erupted, countries with high FDI relative to total capital flows tended to experience a less severe liquidity crunch.

More than 1.6 million people visited Slovakia in 2006, and the most attractive destinations are the capital of Bratislava and the High Tatras.

But high debts will mean high taxes.

They are a threat to all, especially in times of high capital mobility, when governments rely too much on foreign lenders apparent willingness to provide funds and find themselves in dire straits when capital inflows stop.

Many countries continue to accumulate high levels of precautionary reserves, especially to avoid future crises stemming from reversals on their capital and trade accounts.

Moreover, the overhang of excess capital that accumulated during the crazy high tech boom of the 1990's has now been mostly worked out.

For a credible banking system remains the stuff of dreams external debt and corruption are as high as ever, and capital flight continues unabated.

Foreign capital can play a role in supporting rapid growth, but international experience shows that domestic savings is key to sustaining high investment rates.

As a high ranking European Commission official once asked me Your debt will be cut come hell or high water, so why are you expending precious political capital to insist that we deliver the restructuring now?