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Are Russians so different from us in the western democratic world, or is democracy a luxury that only old, stable, prosperous, and satisfied societies can afford?
This may not seem “fair,” but, with more refugees landing on Europe’s borders every day, EU leaders cannot afford to delay action.
Rising property prices are making middle-class flat owners multimillionaires, while their children – even with a good university degree – can hardly afford private housing without parental help.
The West can no longer afford the inconsistency that it has displayed until now, with EU countries pursuing policies that reflect their differing national interests.
Can the United States really afford to wait for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to wrap up his investigation (on the assumption that he’ll find the president guilty of something)?
This acceleration would place India among the world’s fastest-growing large economies and increase the number of Indian consumers who can afford discretionary items from 27 million in 2012 to 89 million in 2025.
That means that without (and even with) state-run health-care systems, the rich will be able to afford more and better care than the poor.
Unemployment remains high because Europe cannot afford the job guarantees, heavy payroll taxation, short work weeks, and high-take-home pay (especially for lower skilled workers) that it aspires to.
The article’s appearance is a clear sign that China’s leaders are debating how deeply they can afford to be drawn in if the regime collapses.
But China cannot afford to ignore its deepening environmental crisis.
The approach suggested here would cost more than EU member states can afford out of current budgets.
Government leaders in Israel cannot afford to spend 90% of their time thinking about how to survive politically at a time when the state’s right to exist is being challenged.
For better or worse, the fact that the most severe political and social turbulence is yet to come at least means that Europe will be unable to afford the dithering and half-measures that produced Japan’s lost decade.
Exempt from much workplace regulation, this is an industry that can afford to put cost-savings and profits above the wellbeing of employees.
One such innovation should be a new Global Fund for Education, to ensure that children everywhere can afford to attend school at least through the secondary level.
Nor can the EU afford a serious crisis with the Kremlin.
We cannot afford to have weak links in our chain of defense.
A smart or cynical politician would see that if somehow middle-class households’ consumption kept up, if they could afford a new car every few years and the occasional exotic holiday, perhaps they would pay less attention to their stagnant paychecks.
In the end, though, the misguided attempt to push home ownership through credit has left the US with houses that no one can afford and households drowning in debt.
The fact that so many people cannot afford to visit a doctor is truly shameful.
In short, the world cannot afford the breakdown of the Iran nuclear deal.
China simply cannot afford to continue to kick the reform can down the road.
That is why we have so-called “orphan drugs,” from which not enough money can be made because they cure rare diseases or diseases (like malaria) that affect people who cannot afford to pay for them.
We cannot afford to wait for world leaders to solve our problems any longer.
Wealthy homeowners in Bavaria can feel good about their inefficient solar panels, receiving lavish subsidies essentially paid by poor tenants in the Ruhr, who cannot afford their own solar panels but still have to pay higher electricity costs.
Add together all the trade-offs between the West and the Arab regimes, along with the Israeli and Islamist factor, and the conclusion at which one arrives is as inescapable as it is alarming: the West cannot afford democracy in the region.
Liberal internationalists cannot afford to be complacent.
Thus, though Smoot-Hawley was not a direct cause of the Great Depression, as many have claimed, it did contribute to a breakdown of international trade precisely when the world could least afford it.
Myriad Genetics, the sole test provider in the US – it holds a patent on the genes themselves , not just on the diagnostic test – did not accept her insurance, and Ceriani could not afford to pay for the test.
Nonetheless, it is argued, whatever the real cost of the damage, developed countries currently cannot afford to provide that kind of money.
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