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Can we apply that surplus to something “useful”?

But the tendency to apply old labels remains strong, so that everyday we hear gross simplifications like the current one that holds that Latin America is now undergoing a powerful leftist wave.

There is no planned collectivist economy, foreign investment is still sought, and, in general, the rules of liberal democracy still apply.

Aside from the risks to interviewers collecting such data during a conflict, these include the selection bias of households in the sample, a lack of credible population data to which to apply the changed mortality rates, and mistaken or misleading accounts by participants.

There seemed every chance that he would apply this approach to the choice of his running mate.

The key is to select some comprehensive but operationally precise indicators of structural reforms, and then apply the same idea suggested by the Commission for public debt: countries that are making more progress on these indicators can get more leeway on their budget deficit.

But it also includes choices made on a much smaller scale: farmers pondering which crops to plant, how much fertilizer to apply, and when and where to sell their produce.

The same vision ought to apply to young people who – yes, it is true – were undocumented at the time of arrival, but who came to America through no choice of their own.

When children fall sick, parents do not have the time to apply for a loan from a state-owned bank (perhaps the only alternative source of loans for the poor other than the moneylender).

In this framework, there is no collective sense of a communal “we” that has agreed to live together under rules that apply equally to all.

The optimists’ unreality is rivaled by that of supply-siders, who would apply shock therapy to China’s slumping state sector and immediately integrate the country’s underdeveloped capital markets into today’s turbulent global financial system.

But broader application of these tools has accelerated with the advent of new information technology, which also allows us to apply these tools without undermining people's incentive to work.

At the very least, the EU should apply the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty that allow it to suspend some of the rights of a country that is breaking its rules and showing contempt for its standards and values.

Indefinite detention without trial is as unacceptable as defining people as "illegal combatants," to whom no rules of any kind apply.

The CCAMLR should also apply to krill fishing the same monitoring, control, and surveillance measures that it requires for all other fisheries.

But these are the benefits of high finance as they apply to the ideal world of economists – that is, a world of rational utilitarian actors who are skilled calculators of expected utility under uncertainty, who are masters of dynamic programming, and who breathe stochastic calculus in their daily life.

Because neither Russia nor China apply the rule of law at home, it is unsurprising that they do not recognize its value in international affairs.

It is also a matter of democratic principle that laws are written in the language of every land where they apply.

Or, in the words of Army General Wayne Downing, who worked in the White House, “over the years, the interagency system has become so lethargic and dysfunctional that it inhibits the ability to apply the vast power of the US government on problems.

But Ukraine is also a European country, which gives it the right to apply for EU membership – an aspiration voiced by Ukraine’s leaders.

Indeed, if all eurozone countries did not participate, such outside cooperation would be crucial, given that Articles 136 and 138 would no longer apply.

In economic substance, the Blue Bond scheme is compatible with the no-bailout clause in Article 125 of the EU Treaty, because the debt guarantee would apply only to senior debt amounting at most to 60% of GDP, the level that the Maastricht Treaty deems sustainable for any EU member state.

Therefore, the guarantee would not apply to debt crises caused by excessive borrowing to finance unsustainable fiscal policies.

This of course does not apply to economic migrants from non-EU countries, and even less to refugees.

The home-country principle would usually be impossible to apply in these cases.

The convention will soon apply to all of the cross-border rivers of its signatories’ territories, not just the biggest basins.

How will countries apply its mandates within their borders and in relation to riparian neighbors?

So it is a shame that development economists and the world’s multilateral institutions are failing to apply it systematically in the developing world.

The Millennium Development Goals attempted to apply a comprehensive approach to reducing poverty, but the MDGs failed to address its underlying causes.

The fact that a VER could also satisfy US demand also means that the conventional wisdom underlying trade negotiations does not apply in this case.

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