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Johnson’s
ability
to escape the shackles of his previous statements would inspire Houdini.
But, despite the fact that European scientific research is among the most advanced in the world, Europe lags behind its global competitors in its
ability
to bring these innovations to the market.
Its framers understood that social and cultural stigmatization precludes full participation in public life and the
ability
to influence policies and obtain justice.
Moreover, the
ability
of the financial authorities to stimulate the economy is constrained by the unwillingness of the rest of the world to accumulate additional dollar reserves.
It is impossible to determine where that point is, but when it is reached, the Fed’s
ability
to stimulate the economy comes to an end.
The prosperity of the US has always depended on its
ability
to harness economic growth to technology-driven innovation.
Good industrial policy does not rely on governments’ omniscience and
ability
to pick winners; indeed, failures are an inevitable and necessary part of a well-designed program.
On the surface, at least, the mini-revaluation hardly seems to have compromised China’s
ability
to bend exchange markets to its will.
Many “privacy” concerns are based on concrete interests, such as preserving financial security or obscuring information that could compromise one’s employment or
ability
to qualify for affordable health insurance.
To disregard a patient’s preferences once he loses the
ability
to make decisions – as occurred when DeBakey’s wife reportedly stormed into a late-night hospital ethics committee meeting and demanded that the surgery take place – violates the hard-won respect for patients’ autonomy gained over the past 20 years.
Beyond accelerating progress, the collaboration supported by data sharing boosts researchers’
ability
to secure the funding they need, because donors are attracted to interdisciplinary, innovative work.
Their prior
ability
to deliver on promises and expectations has made today’s financial markets take the forward pricing of the economy to levels that exceed what central bankers alone can reasonably deliver.
The prevailing tax regime across the Gulf is not fit for purpose, has limited
ability
to influence private-sector behavior, and rules out counter-cyclical fiscal policy.
Nowotny, the president of the National Bank of Austria, suggested that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) might (if the German Constitutional Court allows it to come into existence) be given a banking license, which would allow it to borrow from the ECB and greatly expand its
ability
to purchase eurozone sovereign bonds.
But the rise of extreme CEO compensation in the US, documented by Piketty and others, may reflect CEOs’
ability
to disrupt the team if they do not get part of the surplus.
"The child's creativeness and
ability
to transcend reality are blunted," states one ILO report, "and his whole mental world is impoverished."
How else can one explain Zambia’s
ability
to lock in a rate that was lower than the yield on a Spanish bond issue, even though Spain’s credit rating is four grades higher?
America’s
ability
to use oil sanctions to force Iran to negotiate an end to its nuclear-weapons program depended not only on Saudi willingness to make up Iran’s exports of a million barrels per day, but also on the general expectations that the shale revolution created.
Other benefits of shale energy for US foreign policy include the diminishing
ability
of countries like Venezuela to use oil to purchase votes at the United Nations and in regional organizations of small Caribbean states, and Russia’s reduced
ability
to coerce its neighbors by threatening to cut off gas supplies.
The foundation of our
ability
to form cooperative communities, organizations, and societies arises not from innate cooperative tendencies, but from the specifics of the social norms that we learn, internalize, and enforce on others.
Fourth, our
ability
to innovate depends on the size of our collective brain, which depends on the
ability
of social norms to encourage people to generate, share, and recombine novel ideas and practices.
For the first time in history, terrorism gives insurgents the
ability
to strike directly at their enemies’ external allies.
The
ability
to fire workers not only means less unemployment but more flexible labor markets.
More importantly, it would deny Iran the
ability
to link popular Islamic and Arab causes with its own hegemonic ambitions.
With his political future depending on his
ability
to deliver on his reform promises, the last thing Xi needs is a foreign-policy distraction – let alone a disastrous military misadventure.
This means that governments are judged not by their
ability
to outmaneuver legislatures, but by the quality of their policies.
Those whom Khamenei did trust were not skillful enough to craft a policy of compromise that would preserve his
ability
to portray himself as a tough anti-American leader.
The tournament’s
ability
to turn the eyes of the planet onto a single ball is truly impressive but ultimately meaningless.
Moreover, US schools, particularly at the primary and secondary levels, continue to slip down the global scale, constraining Americans’
ability
to benefit from globalization.
Whether America can achieve decent growth while keeping its current-account deficit in check depends on whether it can reinvigorate its
ability
to innovate and create, thereby restoring competitiveness and creating demand at the same time.
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