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There were no major wars between superpowers, global trade expanded and drove economic growth, poverty was more than halved, and rapid advances in science and technology delivered
benefits
to every corner of the world.
Elderly people with no means of support died in rags in alleyways, while lower-middle-class families, with no unemployment insurance or welfare benefits, were perpetually in terror of illness or layoff, which would mean "ruin" and, possibly, being turned out into the street.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the company’s employees, past and present, who reap no
benefits
in their paychecks or pensions (which are actually being eroded by the low yields on government bonds across Western countries).
For women who have been victims of rape, there are no monetary benefits, memorials or mourning rituals.
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.
It also provides social insurance by taxing the prosperous and redistributing
benefits
to the less fortunate.
Moreover, the country
benefits
from strong public finances, prudent monetary policy, sustainable debt dynamics, a sound banking system, and well-functioning credit markets.
Of course, not all programs are successful, but some effective cases of procurement and revenue reform have
benefits
100 times higher than the costs.
Studies show that
benefits
are higher than the costs.
Eliminating the red tape clogging the legal process would cost nothing, but potentially would have large
benefits.
If a state fails to live up to its side of the bargain by sponsoring terrorism, either transferring or using weapons of mass destruction, or conducting genocide, then it forfeits the normal
benefits
of sovereignty and opens itself up to attack, removal, or occupation.
Under today’s haphazard and archaic asylum rules, refugees must take enormous risks to reach safety, and the costs and
benefits
of helping them are distributed capriciously.
Indeed, they seem convinced that their only imperative – beyond protecting the unity of the Conservative Party, of course – is to secure as many
benefits
for the UK as possible.
In such a context, the goal of the EU’s Brexit negotiators would be straightforward: make clear that being a member of the European club brings substantial benefits, and that leaving carries substantial costs.
Opening the door to migrants would have to be a gradual and controlled process, with determined efforts made to convince Europeans of its
benefits.
Tax
benefits
and monthly allowances for couples with children and reduced support for contraception are among the most common means of encouraging increased fertility.
The third component is the post-welfare state, which is now part of the French model of citizenship and guarantees all full-time employees one of the highest minimum wages in the world and high employer-paid
benefits.
It has few training programs, but high
benefits
for the unemployed and strong restrictions against firing workers.
Or think of public-sector unions vetoing changes in
benefits
for their members.
Not surprisingly, despite its theoretical benefits, health IT has few fans among health-care providers.
Peru and Chile, by contrast, are natural-resource exporters that derived huge
benefits
from the China-driven commodity boom of the last decade.
Particularly valuable would be straightening out the spaghetti bowl of “rules of origin” – the regulations dictating when inputs produced in other countries can be used in products that will qualify for free-trade
benefits.
Optimists can envision a new generation of trans-Pacific flows of trade, investment, and knowledge, with
benefits
for all.
They can pay an economic price to follow a more exclusionary course, or they can reap the economic
benefits
from greater openness.
But while public policies can help ensure that the
benefits
of openness are realized, we should not lose sight of their political and economic limitations.
Détente helped to keep the competition from spilling over into conflict as it exposed the Communist world to Western ideas of freedom and capitalism along with their
benefits.
He favors a free economy, but wants the state to control how wealth is allocated and who
benefits
from it.
EU leaders are weak, divided, and seemingly incapable of setting out a credible vision of the future
benefits
that European integration could provide, without which they cannot rally popular support and convince recalcitrant governments to bear their fair share of current costs.
But Indian producers and transporters will not invest in them if they bear the costs, while the public at large receives the
benefits.
Given this, it is probably not surprising that Koike reportedly recognizes the potential
benefits
of introducing DST in Japan.
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