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Patients requesting euthanasia judge that the
benefits
of continued life do not outweigh the burdens of treatment, or of continuing to live, with or without treatment.
But most state and local governments that have experienced a collapse in tax revenues must sharply retrench spending by firing policemen, teachers, and firefighters while also cutting welfare
benefits
and social services for the poor.
China accelerated to a high-growth pattern in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, owing to the
benefits
of its low-cost labor and a major change in economic policy.
The study concludes that the
benefits
from transfers are “much less persistent, and much smaller overall, than those of tax changes.”
In 2013, the US Department of Energy authorized the first substantial gas-export facilities; while the trickle is not yet a steady flow, the gap between US and much-higher world prices implies tremendous potential
benefits.
Sharon and you might have felt that unilateral action was needed in Gaza, but the withdrawal from Gaza could have produced many more
benefits
for both sides had it been done bilaterally.
Greater predictability and clarity in the property system is likely to bring economic benefits, reassure international investors, and signal the leadership’s determination to pursue further economic reforms.
In other words, it is a public relations conjuring trick, designed to make the EU seem more attractive, without actually conferring any real
benefits.
But a predictable monetary policy aimed at delivering medium-term price stability – with a flexible exchange rate where appropriate –
benefits
both the private sector and, most importantly, the poor.
A few, led by Germany, are reaping the
benefits
of years of steadfast (and underappreciated) reforms.
As with other technologies, countries must weigh the costs and
benefits
of nuclear power.
The simplest solution is to mandate that the government buy less health care – by raising the eligibility age for Medicare, capping
benefits
for high-income beneficiaries, and so on.
It also
benefits
from a highly educated diaspora.
So what is the Dutch secret for ensuring that technological progress
benefits
all?
More research on the environmental risks and
benefits
of shale energy, and the development of new standards and regulations to control these risks are required.
Big data and advanced analytics can also reduce costs and enhance efficiency in health care and government, and can create value for consumers through greater product variety and quality, as well as enhanced convenience –
benefits
that are not captured in GDP statistics.
McKinsey’s research suggests that shale energy and big-data technologies will be game changers with similar
benefits
for the economy’s potential growth over the next several years.
The
benefits
derived from the dollar being the world’s main reserve currency constitute the “exorbitant privilege” about which France’s then-finance minister, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, complained in the 1960s.
The six front-running countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Cyprus) recently submitted position papers to the EU demanding that their farm sectors should participate fully in the CAP from Day 1, and that their farmers should get all the benefits, including income support payments.
If all the
benefits
of the CAP were paid in full in all the six front runners, the cost to the EU budget could be an extra e6bn a year, and virtually all of that would have to be paid by existing member states, because they are so much richer.
After all, a system that
benefits
consumers
benefits
everyone.
To avoid the perception that the US decided to turn the bases over to Japan just when their military
benefits
were diminishing, and to ensure that the move represented America’s recommitment to the alliance, a joint commission would have to be established to manage the transfer.
Likewise, if EU leaders give Cameron too much – allowing the UK to reap the
benefits
of membership, without shouldering the same responsibilities as its partners – their populations could turn on them.
And because they are reluctant to take on more risk, or change their requirements without knowing the final
benefits
of doing so, deadlock sets in.
To put it in economics jargon, efficiency requires equating the marginal cost associated with allocation (both in acquiring information about the relative
benefits
of different projects and in monitoring investments) with the marginal
benefits.
Likewise, the US must employ incentives as well as penalties – and not sequence its diplomacy so that a problem country must meet every requirement before it can receive meaningful
benefits.
Yet the history of secret diplomacy, under Republican and Democratic administrations alike, clearly illustrates its
benefits.
Accordingly, US policymakers should have only limited aims in dealing with North Korea, and they should recognize that they will be achieved only by linking them to economic
benefits
for the Kim regime.
This will certainly change the context in which Kim calculates the cost and
benefits
of his nuclear program.
This is significant because, thanks to compounding, small increases in a growth rate produce large
benefits
down the road.
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