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First, some technological pessimists – such as Northwestern University’s Robert Gordon – argue that the economic impact of recent innovations pales in comparison to that of the great innovations of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions (the steam engine, electricity, piped water and sanitation, antimicrobial drugs, and so on).
But if this were true, one would need to argue that the mis-measure of productivity growth is more severe today than in past decades of technological innovation.
Palestinian officials argue that acceptance of the Paris Protocol, which formalized the de facto customs union with Israel that has existed since 1967, was conditioned on free access of Palestinian workers to Israel.
Some argue that insisting on amoral diplomatic language is no longer necessary, because human rights are more or less universally accepted, if not always observed.
Europeans look at the US picture and argue that inequality, not jobs, is the key issue.
They argue that a country where more than 30% of households earn less that $25,000 is one where working does not provide you with enough money with which to live.
But there are other important initiatives that countries like Britain and Ireland could argue for together:This agenda is squarely focused on how the EU works, not how it is structured.
That is what has happened in the UK, with progress in England’s north spurring some to argue for, say, a “Midlands engine,” covering the other major urban-based UK area outside of London, with many cities in close proximity to one another.
Some experts argue that, even if the EU does open membership negotiations with the Greek-Cypriot government of Cyprus, as it is virtually bound to do, it must make clear that they cannot be completed without a settlement of the Cyprus question.
The challenge facing China as it confronts the problem of excess capacity is that those who would otherwise lose their jobs will require some form of support; firms will argue for a robust bailout to minimize their losses.
While some argue that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election is a foregone conclusion, the outcome is, in fact, not at all clear.
Instead, they argue that the reforms are too risky or purge their substantive provisions.
And perhaps it would do no good; it might save a few lives, they argue, but, with so many different countries fighting a proxy war via so many different groups of opposition fighters, it would not change the overall dynamic of the conflict.
But they are mostly not chosen directly; those rules generally reflect compromises among elected representatives who can argue and negotiate in person, reflecting the overall preferences of those who elected them.
Indeed, in international forums, the UK is the first to argue for free trade.
But the UK will continue to argue that it must be the beginning, not the end, of a wider determination to liberalize trade, in order to benefit from the growth and jobs that doing so brings.
One might argue that it is good for democracy that Merkel’s coalition has shrunk.
Some might argue that the safety and health benefits of bottled water offset these environmental consequences.
SOE managers can credibly argue that heavy regulations place them at a competitive disadvantage, and that the tech giants are eating their lunch by free-riding on state-administered telecommunication, transportation, and financial channels.
The tech giants, meanwhile, argue that if they could just move faster into inefficient production and distribution areas, not least mobile payments, productivity growth would accelerate.
But some argue that the drawbacks in terms of the effect on the rest of the economy are too serious to ignore.
And others argue that a large finance sector may bolster the exchange rate, making other exports less competitive.
The Social Democrats argue that this reflects a serious health problem, while non-socialists suggest that the system is defective.
Some argue that Greece’s real GDP would be much lower in an exit scenario than it would be during the hard slog of deflation.
Economists such as Robert Gordon of Northwestern University argue that this slump in productivity growth reflects the stagnation of technology.
Populist politicians argue that the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact prevents the government from stimulating demand, and thus job creation.
At stake is the cohesion of a state that many argue is yet another example of an artificial nation cobbled together by Europeans who did not understand their creation’s social, tribal, and religious forces.
Southern governors argue that control of the presidency should remain with the south for years to come, because the north controlled the country during more than three decades of dictatorship.
Who would argue that after 1945 streets and squares in German cities should continue to be named after Adolf Hitler?
One could argue that images of these leaders and their henchmen lacked the artistic value of great churches of medieval England, or Tang Dynasty Buddhist sculptures in China.
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