Alternative
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Proposing an
alternative
approach to economic modeling that they call “imperfect knowledge economics,” they urge their colleagues to refrain from offering “sharp predictions” and argue that policymakers should rely on “guidance ranges,” based on historical benchmarks, to counter “excessive” swings in asset prices.
After two world wars, countless civil wars, brutal dictatorships, mass expulsions of populations, and the horrors of the Holocaust and Hiroshima, “never again” was not just a slogan: the
alternative
was too apocalyptic to contemplate.
To this end, the Allies sought an
alternative
to the balance-of-power politics that had wreaked such havoc in the preceding five decades.
China's search for an
alternative
social and economic arrangement became urgent with the student revolt of 1989, the subsequent Tienanmien massacre, and the collapse of the Soviet Bloc.
Instead, women must find
alternative
means of securing food locally and of generating income to support their families, such as selling small assets or even withdrawing their children from school to help.
An
alternative
explanation is that Monti does indeed have political ambitions.
Internally, nationalism has been gaining strength in nearly all EU member states; externally, Russia is playing great-power politics and pushing for a “Eurasian Union” – a euphemism for renewed Russian dominance over Eastern Europe – as an
alternative
to the EU.
The resulting systemic cracks could jeopardize the entire rules-based multilateral trading system at a time when there is no good
alternative.
Keynes failed in his quest to endow the IMF with the power to create a new international reserve unit as an
alternative
to the dollar.
Consider Europe's financial markets, which provide an
alternative
way to break the reform deadlock.
With ASEAN’s range of activities broadening, the EPG observed, it should “consider
alternative
and flexible decision-making mechanisms,” including voting.
Above all, China wants a sign of acceptance by the advanced Western economies, which continue to regard the country not only as repressive, but as representing an
alternative
economic model: state capitalism, rather than the free-market variety.
General Musharraf knew the
alternative.
Strangely, this history of what actually happened was for some reason swallowed up by an
alternative
narrative that many still cling to today.
The Turkey of Erdogan’s dominant Justice and Development Party (AKP) appears to be seeking a new mission civilisatrice , with the Middle East and the former Soviet republics as its
alternative
horizons.
The Arabs’ capacity to maintain their pressure on Israel and to keep world opinion focused on the Palestinians’ plight made Israel’s quest for evading the consequences of the conflict, either through periodic wars or by forging
alternative
regional alliances, a futile exercise.
Turkey’s powerful military establishment may want to maintain close relations with Israel, but the widely popular change in Turkey’s foreign policy priorities, and the serious identity dilemmas facing the nation, send an unequivocal message that the alliance can no longer serve as an
alternative
to peace with the Arab world.
Disregarding the implied threat, the idea that the
alternative
to America is to be “left alone” with a “very strong Germany” is amusing.
Lagarde is the best candidate for the job, and emerging powers like the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) have not united behind an
alternative.
The preferred
alternative
is to create a common resolution mechanism, which would apply throughout Europe, regardless of a bank’s country of origin.
Since 1992, Russia has tried to build its other main foreign-policy tool, the CSTO, as an
alternative
to NATO, but for years it had only six members – Russia and its closest allies, Belarus and Kazakhstan, plus three poor and insecure states (Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan).
Previous experience suggests that most hold-to-maturity investors would accept a par bond, while most mark-to-market investors would accept a discount bond with a higher coupon (that is, a bond with a lower face value) – an
alternative
that could be offered (and has been in the past) to such investors.
And if you restrict carbon emissions without providing affordable
alternative
energy sources, GDP will falter.
Rather, it is an argument for the alternative, namely a Bank of England-style funding-for-lending scheme in which the ECB provides banks with cheap financing for, say, 12 months, if they agree to increase their lending to the private sector by a corresponding amount.
The
alternative
is frightening, because a declining superpower losing both political and economic dominance but still preserving military supremacy is a dangerous mix.
Military power relations being what they are, China has no
alternative
to peaceful, harmonious development.
If the
alternative
to slavery is starvation or death, people may well choose slavery.
Juppé’s firmly center-right stance provides a reliable alternative, even if he is deeply pro-European.
The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, which I chair, evaluated
alternative
proposals to fix the current system.
But, given high debt burdens and rising borrowing costs in many countries, is there a viable
alternative
to rapid fiscal consolidation?
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