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Some argue that it is a type of deception that undermines the transparency and accountability on which American democracy is based.
Some would argue that successful negotiators require only tact – the ability to use principles to conceal one’s true interests.
Were the US Senate to fail to ratify New START, the treaty’s proponents argue that the US would lose predictability about Russia’s nuclear activities, resulting in greater distrust and risk of miscalculation, making both sides less secure.
They argue that Russians’ specific nature leads them to support Putin, just as they allegedly supported Stalin and the Romanovs.
And even if growth does last, they argue, the Chinese authorities will not allow Western businesses – or even Chinese businesses, according to ultra-pessimists – to benefit from it.
Some people argue that Americans need to tighten their belts.
I won’t argue about net job creation here (though I think most innovation fosters it in the long run, so long as the education system prepares people for the new jobs that result).
Of course, you could argue that “green” already has quite a bit of value – as a generic term that stands for something.
Proponents argue that more TLDs would foster innovation.
At the other end are the techno-pessimists, who see disappointing productivity statistics and argue that the new technologies’ economy-wide benefits will remain limited.
Proponents of helicopter money – directly crediting citizens with central bank funds, or crediting national treasuries to finance infrastructure and other demand-generating activities – rightly argue that it has the advantage of putting money directly into the hands of those who will spend it.
This is not to argue that Microsoft, Amnesty International, or Goldman Sachs be given seats in the United Nations General Assembly, but it does mean including representatives of such organizations in regional and global deliberations when they have the capacity to affect whether and how regional and global challenges are met.
Many would argue – correctly – that sovereignty provides no protection for that state.
In their book Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue that societies with political arrangements that concentrate power in the hands of a few seldom excel at innovation and growth, because innovators have no guarantee they will keep the fruits of their labors.
They should look to fast-growing Asia, argue advocates of the Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP), the proposed mega-regional trade accord that would bind together 12 Pacific Rim countries.
But few can argue that the Contact Group process did not end one of Europe’s bloodiest wars and create the conditions for eventually integrating the Balkans into transatlantic structures.
But democracy required an election, and many now argue that the current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has performed even better than Giuliani might have done in reviving the city.
The newly released growth data may have dispelled fears of a hard landing for China, but have nonetheless prompted many to argue that China must stimulate its economy further to guarantee 8% annual growth.
Many will argue that refugees who lack the skills that the economy demands will be harder to integrate than other newcomers.
Based on this new story, deniers then argue that the crime does not fit the legal definition of genocide in international conventions.
They argue that surgery is a humane intervention for children with ambiguous sex characteristics who might otherwise struggle to fit in with their peers.
Intersex activists argue that social attitudes and medical practices – not their bodies – are the problem.
They can point to the violent, anti-Zionist, and, yes, anti-Semitic rhetoric of radical Islamists, and argue that no deal with the Palestinians is possible.
By contrast, Alberto Alesina and Silvia Ardagna argue that in an economy with a large and inefficient government, debt-stabilization measures directed at reducing the size of government can actually be expansionary.
Creditors will likely insist that the default was a terrible mistake and argue that recovery is impossible unless the decision is quickly reversed.
On the other side are those who argue that Brexit would unshackle the UK from the grip of EU bureaucracy and stop the flow of British taxpayer funds to other countries.
His critics argue that he developed a taste for intrigue and used behind-the-scenes maneuvering to achieve his aims.
This would be a mistake, as I argue in my new book on European security, The Dawn of Peace in Europe.
The term “treatment,” supporters argue, applies to circumcision.
Mattarella’s detractors argue that he overstepped his authority and has allowed financial markets to veto the selection of a minister by a popularly elected government.
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