PAUL KRUGMAN
Ukraine Aid in the Light of History
How does aid to Ukraine compare with that experience?
First, it’s vastly smaller relative to the size of our economy. The just-passed package will roughly double the cumulative aid we’ve given Ukraine, but at about $60 billion it’s less than one-fourth of 1 percent of G.D.P. — around one-fortieth the size of the initial Lend-Lease appropriation. Anyone claiming that spending on this scale will break the budget, or that it will seriously interfere with other priorities, is innumerate, disingenuous or both.
法國說援助烏克蘭約30億美元，訓練近萬人
What is true is that the United States has provided more military aid than Europe:
So as I said, I’m relieved that America has finally released essential aid, but still very worried about the future. For now, at least, U.S. support remains crucial to Ukraine’s survival.
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Manufacturers like BYD, Tesla and Li Auto are cutting prices to move their electric cars. For gasoline-powered vehicles, the surplus of factories is even worse.
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Four factors make Russia’s eventual defeat in Ukraine “inevitable”, argues Feng Yujun in a guest essay. “Its nuclear capability is no guarantee of success,” the Russia expert writes
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