All of this freed labour resources, who were then mobilized in high-productive corporations, by means of active labour market policies, as they benefited from the labour costs comparatively favourable to them and were expanding production as general demand rose when real wages, and thereby purchasing power, increased.
32.
There were also more general demands such as for a more federal, decentralised state, a limitation of state expenditure, a just distribution of taxes, the financial strengthening of the middle classes and the legal " removal of such evil states, that threaten the worker with moral or bodily ruin ".
33.
In 1994, in an interview, Ata Abu Rashta said, " The establishment of the Caliphate is now a general demand among Muslims, who yearn for this : the call for Islamic government ( the Caliphate ) is widespread in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Algeria and so on.
34.
"We have yet to see a recovery in general demand, which should be obvious in the second quarter, " said Rojas Parra . " Manufacturers are stocking up on durable goods, which is good by itself but also means that they expect further recovery in the economy, " he said.
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This alone may shift the consumer price index, and might make the non-trade sector look relatively less productive than it had been when demand was lower; if service quality ( rather than quantity ) follows diminishing returns to labour input, a general demand for a higher service quality automatically produces a reduction in per-capita productivity.
36.
If it employs a smaller number, that of the supernumeraries increases; if it employs a greater, the general demand for labour only increases to the extent of the excess of the employed over those set free . The impulse that additional capital, seeking an outlet, would otherwise have given to the general demand for labour, is therefore in every case neutralised to the extent of the labourers thrown out of employment by the machine.
37.
If it employs a smaller number, that of the supernumeraries increases; if it employs a greater, the general demand for labour only increases to the extent of the excess of the employed over those set free . The impulse that additional capital, seeking an outlet, would otherwise have given to the general demand for labour, is therefore in every case neutralised to the extent of the labourers thrown out of employment by the machine.
38.
In an open letter on Thursday, a group of prominent South Africans, including Nelson Mandela, the former president; Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the writer Nadine Gordimer, called the campaign against Annan " reprehensible and unjust " and said it reflected U . S . arrogance . " Those who call for his resignation, " the letter said, " betray the objectivity his position as secretary general demands and regard the United Nations as a mouthpiece to extol and exonerate the policies of the United States of America, right or wrong ."
39.
In an open letter on Thursday, a group of prominent South Africans, including Nelson Mandela, the former president; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; and the writer Nadine Gordimer, called the campaign against Annan " reprehensible and unjust " and said it reflected U . S . arrogance . " Those who call for his resignation, " the letter said, " betray the objectivity his position as secretary-general demands and regard the United Nations as a mouthpiece to extol and exonerate the policies of the United States of America, right or wrong ."
