The potential level of exposure in a blood test will only increase with future technological developments.
"It's almost Shakespearean, the tragedy of this situation, and has Shakespearean consequences in the potential level of disaster," he said.
The potential level of a new high can be estimated in several ways.
Giving (to me, at least) greater clarity to the saying "in the zone", ZPD is the space between a child's current and potential level of development.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the recession will push this year's national economic output 7.5percentt below its potential level.
And, Manuel added, the team has "to swing the bats at the potential level, the projected level, that we can".
This is an estimate of the difference between the current level of activity in the economy and the potential level it could sustain when at its most efficient while keeping inflation stable in the long term.
But, to put it bluntly, the belief that an economist can fully specify in advance how aggregate outcomes – and thus the potential level of economic activity – unfold over time is bogus.
InterHealth advises that NGOs rethink their recruitment policies to reduce the potential level of trauma and PTSD among staff and employ only those who have the qualities to be resilient.
The gap between the actual and potential level of output means about $900 billion of forgone goods and services this year alone.
If so, the "output gap" between the economy's current level of production and its potential level is much smaller than expected.
