- IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES - first day
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- Some people get hurt on
the job when they hear the news on the radio.
- Lots of man-hours lost
due to this unexpected surprise.
- People with weak hearts
die.
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- Lots of road accidents
due to people rushing to get home or to the banks.
- Interminable queues at
banks.
- Fighting in queues at
banks.
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- SHORT-TERM CONSEQUENCES - weeks to
months
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- Many people decide to
leave work and lead a life of leisure.
- Many people buy large,
fast or luxurious cars.
- Increase in sales of
yachts, cabin-cruisers and speed boats.
- Inflation
- More travel.
- More citizens decide to
live abroad where life is cheaper and they can make their money last
longer.
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- Lots of people buy or
start building bigger houses, bungalows or villas.
- Lots of people acquire a
summer residence.
- More people eat out more
often.
- Lowering of interest
rates on savings.
- Some services suffer due
to lack of people ready to work in them
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- LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES - years
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- Lots of immigrant come
to the country to do the jobs that the citizens have left vacant.
- Increase in gambling.
- Increase in consumption
of recreational drugs.
- Increase in alcohol
consumption.
- The country's culture
and traditions start to change.
- New markets develop due
to the increase in the ethnic mix in the country.
- Families break-up due to
greed and the stresses of fast-living.
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- Prices of property and
land rise dramatically.
- Green-areas are eaten up
by large houses.
- Sea gets polluted due to
increased sea-traffic.
- Air gets polluted due to
more large and fast cars on the road which give off higher levels of
exhaust than small economic cars.
- Higher incidence of
respiratory diseases and infections from the air and the sea.
- The new poor start to
appear when some spend or lose all their money.
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