Redundancies and bankruptcies are evidence that the economic adjustment mechanism is working at last.

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In establishing the common currency area, the Euro, the separate countries are essentially throwing away this adjustment mechanism.

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Fairtrade's price-adjustment mechanism is intended to insulate small producers from volatile commodity markets and the free-trading, no-holds-barred capitalism that multinational companies espouse.

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That will mean that the only adjustment mechanism they have to meet that with is fiscal and unemployment: pressure on wages, pressure on prices.

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Its diopter adjustment mechanism assures the user of the clearest view of both subject and viewfinder display, while minimizing eye fatigue during extended shooting sessions.

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In practice, this means some sort of supply adjustment mechanism.

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