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But this argument no longer seems convincing.
Nor does the usual argument for free trade apply.
It is possible that to reduce these transactions costs, Bush will propose restricting choice, which was the main argument for privatization in the first place.
It is only because of the European Central Bank’s bold decision to lend long term to banks that we have seen some respite recently, or so their argument goes.
Reasonable argument did not work to convince 51.9% of British voters to remain part of the EU.
The argument that the diamond was offered as “voluntary compensation” for the expenses the British incurred in defeating the Sikhs is ridiculous.
Now Pakistan has entered the ring, with the somewhat flimsy argument that the capital of the Sikh Empire, the undisputed last pre-British owners, was in Lahore.
Perhaps that is the best argument for leaving the Kohinoor in Britain, where it emphatically does not belong.
The last legal restrictions on taking interest on money were lifted only in the nineteenth century, when they succumbed to the economic argument that lending money was a service, for which the lender was entitled to charge whatever the market would bear.
That is an argument around which all conservatives should be able to rally.
I presented a bearish long-run view, which many challenged, but no one obviously won the argument.
“The argument that China should rescue Europe does not stand, as reserves are not managed that way,” she announced.
After official US claims about weapons of mass destruction and about a connection to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, became untenable, Bush increasingly emphasized the argument that America’s invasion was justified to remove a tyrant, Saddam Hussein, and thus to free the Iraqi people.
In essence, this is an argument that the war was justified as a means of promoting human rights.
After all, it is much more difficult to make an argument for market economies when they are under siege.
At any rate, the tariffs were also imposed on US allies such as Canada, which gives the lie to the national-security argument once and for all.
Moreover, the argument that losses are offset is not easy to explain to the public.
Given this, the argument that China will be dependent on nuclear power plants for non-carbon sources of electricity appears to have little merit.
This argument is all the more forceful if central banks turn to the “inflation tax,” which falls disproportionately on the poor, who have less means to protect themselves from price increases that undermine the value of their savings.
If scientists can decode the genetic code and read the instructions, so the argument goes, they will find the key to human ailments and predict our predispositions.
There is also a moral-hazard aspect to the austerity argument: easing repayment terms for spendthrift governments will only encourage reckless behavior in the future – forgiving past sins perpetuates sinning.
Lagarde’s personal commitment to driving home this point has been essential to advancing the argument.
And, because any argument that treats government action as appropriate can only be a red herring, the analogy to rent control emerges as one of the possible solutions.
But that can no longer be an argument against diplomacy now that Israeli unilateralism has once again proven to be a strategic blind alley.
Both lines of argument are valid, but the fact is that countries that have restructured their debt have not found themselves worse off as a result.
But the argument should not be about whether to provide aid – no one can question the many successes that aid has brought, or its importance in providing a safety net for those who would otherwise be left to suffer.
The argument should instead be focused on how to get the most effective results out of aid, both for the recipients and for a donor country’s tax-payers.
The Bild revelations knock a gaping hole in the Russian argument, so the Kremlin can be expected to challenge the authenticity of the document or argue that it has been misinterpreted.
The more substantial argument against quantitative easing is that purchases of securities would be ineffectual, given Europe’s bank-based financial system.
But this is not an argument for inaction.
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