This is obviously fake.

The lost opportunities are enormous.

Their loss is our gain.

This is perhaps the welfare state s most glaring weakness.

The most obvious and imminent flashpoint is Kosovo.

In short, the benefits are at best small.

First, and perhaps least self evident, is energy.

But here, too, the potential benefits are slim.

There is another, less obvious, reason why the EU's policy on migration is flawed.

The economic benefits, estimated to be between five and nineteen times higher than the costs, are dramatic.

It makes good political sense it could make good business sense as well.

The real economic benefit, however, is in the cost savings thereafter.

For many poor countries, wealth in natural resources is a curse rather than a benefit.

If they succeed, the rewards for the world s poor will be immense.

Over the coming decades, the total benefit would reach about 22 trillion.

Perhaps more surprising is the apparent political backlash against the governments that have led countries into the EU.

Lin s obvious integrity and graciousness has won him fans outside the sport as well.

Today, the risks are seen to be much greater, and the benefits are seen to be less.

The Party's evident tolerance toward these ideas was assumed to emanate from Hu Jintao himself.

Ideas matter, as much or perhaps even more than self interest.

So, it is not joining NATO the military alliance that will benefit Romania. What matters is Romania's integration into a strong international organisation, which will curb its sovereignty.

Are state controlled investors now aiming primarily for strategic rather than purely financial returns?

The net effect for Denmark was found to be a small cost , not benefit.

And then they benefit through the exposure, advertising and linked sales.

So, it is not joining NATO the military alliance that will benefit Romania.

With that third option, though, there s no state requirement that the environmental benefit be in California.

The rulers argued that public protests throughout the region were being orchestrated by Shia Iran, and were anti Sunni and sectarian.

The threat of chaos, evident now in Libya, Syria, and Yemen, also weighed in the royal family s favor.

That experience showed that countries default when the costs are lower than the benefits.

The biggest improvements for consumers, though, come not from privatization, but from competition.

Given Europe s fiscal deficits and the economic impact of reducing them, that is a huge potential prize.

Whether or not developing countries benefited was of little concern.

Otherwise, the competitiveness gains would be offset by rising inflation.

Motorists would be attracted to participate because of the value of the benefits it offers to them, says a city planning document.

Crime rates are falling, the public infrastructure revolutionized, corruption curtailed, and a sense of legitimate, transparent authority is being established.

Only the sheer gravity of the situation brought Germany back within the European realm for the subsequent G 20 meeting.

Among my various identities that day, that of driver was the most obvious to her.

And there are all these animals, and all these people happy, and there's this economic value.

In terms of countries, the obvious new pair comprises the US, the world s largest debtor, and China, its greatest saver.

Another apparent slip up by Greece's SYRIZA government has left the public reeling as the school summer holidays begin.

The economic benefits of rebalancing the global labor market are compelling the human costs of failing to do so are enormous.

Nevertheless, what benefit does China gain by continuing to raise these issues 60 years later?

It is doubtful that there is a positive benefit net of future cost from jiggling tax rates to stabilise employment.

While the economic benefits we get from biodiversity might seem intangible, they are real and quantifiable.

The one advantage of this town life was that here they never quarrelled.