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With its twisted religious overtones, this pre-packaged franchise of hate is available for any terrorist group to adopt.
Moreover, while much has been made of a new fringe of program traders that moves in and out of stocks in nanoseconds, the belief that this rapid computer-driven trading makes it impossible – or even difficult – for corporate managers to adopt a long-term perspective is not supported by the facts.
But it will still run, and people will still adopt new technologies, and the world economy will still grow.
Or will it adopt the global perspective that today’s interconnected world needs?
Some Americans argue that China’s rise cannot be peaceful, and that the US, therefore, should now adopt a policy of containing the People’s Republic.
That can make a resolution easier to adopt, but more difficult to act on.
Emperor Charles V engineered the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, which was based on an agreement that sovereign states could choose for themselves which version of Christianity to adopt.
Market fundamentalism spawned a series of myths and half-truths: that freeing up international markets was the surest way to global prosperity; that free capital flows would allocate resources efficiently around the globe; that international financial markets would "discipline" governments to adopt more sound monetary and fiscal policies; and that all of this could happen without significant inequities, economic instability, or disruptions to domestic social arrangements.
Governments that are serious about making progress on development objectives should be asked to adopt a legislative framework for the realization of economic and social rights such as the right to food or the right to health care.
Furthermore, it should be easier to adopt the new framework when times are good – like now, when growth is strong and inflation is low.
There is an urgent need for a global conference – a Bretton Woods II – to adopt strict rules to contain today’s wayward financial markets.
Other countries should also adopt national strategies to accelerate the uptake of the new technologies.
An enthusiastic and optimistic belief in what free discussion and political democracy could do to convince peoples to adopt principles (1) through (4).
Control also relies on the demography of internet users, most of whom belong to China's economic elite and are more likely to adopt the internet as part of a newfound consumer lifestyle than as a tool for political or social revolution.
One proposal calls for the European Stability Mechanism to adopt a system similar to that of the International Monetary Fund, in order to prevent lending to insolvent countries and force reprofiling or restructuring after a certain debt threshold is crossed.
To be sure, this does not mean that the US is going to adopt an overtly confrontational China policy.
Even if US pressure escalates significantly, China will likely adopt a “two steps forward, one step back” strategy to keep progressing toward its ambitious goals.
Governments in the periphery turned a blind eye to credit-fueled bubbles and public or private debt, and failed to adopt counter-cyclical fiscal measures or promote structural reforms to improve competitiveness.
Failing to adopt a new cooperative approach would be a tragedy for humankind.
If rich countries adopt simpler and more practical strategies to help Africa fight malaria, they can save millions of Africans while building enthusiastic support among their citizens.
Later, a new Forum, an empowered OSCE, or another body could provide an implementation mechanism to ensure that military command chains throughout the Euro-Atlantic area adopt these principles, and that reliable communication channels exist in the event of serious incidents.
Stark realities in industrialized countries – such as the impact of aging populations on tax-based and employer-funded health-care models – are leading governments to adopt regulatory regimes that demand more economical, value-based, and transparent drug pricing.
We can be certain of two things: only those countries that adopt growth strategies based on stimulating domestic structural change will do well, and the conundrum of global governance – how to manage a world economy that has become unruly – will almost certainly get worse.
Productivity growth increased substantially in these countries over time, which persuaded Continental Europe to adopt reforms of its own, often pushed by the European Commission.
They can adopt a longer time horizon, because, unlike private fund managers, they do not have to satisfy impatient investors.
And, though they have been handling their own business for decades, France still has a duty of friendship that forbids it to forget and requires it to adopt a certain mode of conduct.
The first was to adopt the center right’s agenda and pursue labor-market, tax, and investment policies that would “adapt” France to “capitalist” globalization.
Businesses, too, have been quick to adopt new practices.
But this is to adopt a narrowly traditional view of the national interest – focusing only on direct security and economic advantage – and to ignore a third dimension, reputational advantage, which increasingly determines the extent to which countries respect and relate to one another.
At last year’s summit, dialogues on central banking’s future, which pitted inflation targeting against financial stability, produced three solutions: central banks should adopt a counter-cyclical policy approach; a world monetary authority should be created to promote multilateral cooperation among central banks; and price stability must remain central banks’ primary goal.
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