One-half of those who die from chronic diseases are in their productive years and so the social costs and economic consequences in terms of lost productivity are considerable.

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The industry is one of several spared the early rigours of the single market, because the social and economic consequences of liberalisation were so great.

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Such analysis has triggered a wide-ranging debate about the broader social and economic consequences of greater income inequality.

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And it has brought social consequences as well as economic ones, including the disappearance of trust between unrelated adults and children and a long, messy transition to independence for young people today.

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That kind of uncertainty would have economic and social consequences.

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The researchers say the problem of inactivity has reached pandemic levels, with far-reaching health, economic, environmental and social consequences.

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Its underlying purpose has always been to maintain economic growth across the Asia Pacific, to deal with the consequences of that growth in areas like the environment and social policy, and by doing this, to serve the underlying strategic purpose of preventing a rift forming between Asia and North America.

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