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So politicians like Sarkozy may have grounds to argue that central banks should intervene to limit such swings.
In contrast, “behavioral economists” acknowledge that currencies can depart from parity for a protracted period, but argue that this results not from traders’ attempts to interpret movements in macroeconomic fundamentals, but from market psychology and irrational trading.
The South African bill’s proponents argue that it will replace the country’s obsolete, apartheid-era espionage law, and that it will allow officials to classify certain kinds of information as “secret” in order to combat national-security threats.
Inhabitants in Russia's big cities argue that it was many times more peaceful before.
The tobacco industry and other vested interests argue that tax increases on tobacco products fuel illicit trade.
Indeed, we can already hear the ECB's refrain: Assuredly, nobody will argue that a an extra one-tenth percent of inflation helps growth; surely everyone must agree that an unambiguous success on keeping inflation below 2% does help growth.
One group – the “mercantilists” – argue that it is up to the state to maximize gold holdings and protect domestic manufacturing employment, by imposing tariffs, restricting the use of gold for imports, and forcing China to buy the same amount of goods from Venice that Venice buys from China.
Some argue that the higher prices reflect the fact that the US bears a cost premium for innovation.
The US president, Kim could argue, can no longer be trusted with a hostile Congress at his back.
Leveraging Japan’s inability to feed itself, trade negotiators now argue that Japan needs to open up to imports or face being shut out of global food markets by fast-growing giants like China.
Chinese behavior will put increasing political pressure on those of us in Europe and the US who are delighted about China’s economic success and who argue for free trade.
Indeed, some analysts argue that former President Bill Clinton’s efforts to achieve a breakthrough with Iran failed because they were addressed to Iran’s presidents.
But it is possible to argue that all of this merely postponed the day when the expected rate of return to capital would fall below the minimum rate of interest acceptable to savers, which would happen as capital became more abundant relative to population.
Many distinguished Brazilians with impeccable democratic credentials, such as Lula’s predecessor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, argue that the law must be respected at all costs.
Of course, there are those who argue that his bluster on the international stage is the work of a businessman attempting to strengthen his negotiating position, so that he can bring recalcitrant and free-riding members of the international community in line.
Trump is, they argue, simply forcing an adjustment toward sovereignty, after a prolonged period of international overreach.
Trump apologists would probably argue that we are looking at the wrong deeds.
Not surprisingly, many environmentalists argue that, in the words of one: "It may be unkind to keep people dying from malaria so that they could die more slowly of starvation.
Yet efforts to communicate this to the public have been met with skepticism from some critics, who argue that the vaccine gives young girls tacit consent to engage in sexual activity, ultimately leading to an increase in promiscuity.
Some argue that our current global institutions are sufficiently open and adaptable for China to find it in its own interests to become what Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, once called a “responsible stakeholder.”
There are those who argue that Bosnia is a special case.
Occupy the Mortgage LendersWASHINGTON, DC – Participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement are right to argue that the big banks have never properly been investigated for the mortgage origination, aggregation, and securitization behavior that was central to the financial crisis – and to the loss of more than eight million jobs.
Some argue that taking drugs is “against the spirit of sport.”
Moreover, I would argue that sport has no single “spirit.”
Politicians who argue for a choice among three options should be aware of the “compromise effect,” whereby people tend to choose the middle option, rather than considering each carefully.
Some economists, led by Northwestern’s Robert Gordon, argue that, stock market valuations notwithstanding, all the great inventions have been made.
Nowadays, Greece, the Baltic states, and Iceland are often invoked to argue for or against austerity.
None of this is to argue that the US should ignore unfair trading practices.
Many Europeans will argue that they cannot condone military action without a Security Council mandate.
Critics seize upon these embellishments to argue that there is really not much of a problem.
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