But this time it is crimping, not boosting, the nationalists' appeal.
Municipal governments struggle to respond to local needs because their powers are so limited; by crimping property-tax rises, for example, the infamous Proposition 13, passed in 1978, made school districts and municipalities wards of Sacramento.
As with all price controls, it is likely to lead to a black market, while crimping supply.
Heat and chemicals conquered the hair, heaping, crimping and teasing it into fluffy but fragile bangs and curls.
If that happens, the credit ratings of bonds underwritten by the insurers will fall, driving down their value and further crimping the lending capacity of bondholding banks.
The factors that cushioned the French economy from severe recession—high public spending, a strong state, low reliance on exports—now seem to be crimping growth again (see chart 2).
Libya's civil war and the Arab spring played a part in crimping supplies and prices rose by 40%.
At the same time the central bank caps interest on deposits, severely crimping Chinese savers' return on their nest-eggs.
The stock of unsold homes would remain unsold longer, crimping house prices.
That prompted investment to rush out of the country, crimping future economic potential.Since that article, economists have proposed other Dutch-disease effects.
For these reasons globalisation can boost the wages of skilled workers, while crimping those of the unskilled.
