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Yet since our own vote makes such a tiny contribution to the outcome, each of us still faces the temptation to get a free ride, not bothering to vote while hoping that enough other people will vote to keep democracy robust and to elect a government that is responsive to the views of a majority of citizens.
Nonetheless, as in 2007, the prospect that lost savings will trigger social unrest cannot be dismissed, especially at a time when tools like social media enable citizens easily to share information, air grievances, and mobilize protest.
It was supposed to allow us not only to shop, stay in touch with former classmates, and find a new sushi restaurant; it was also supposed to empower us politically by allowing the disenfranchised to make their voices heard, help activists mobilize supporters, and enable ordinary citizens to publicize evidence of official corruption or police brutality.
So Pakistan’s government has failed in its principal responsibility, enshrined in its constitution, to safeguard the lives and property of its citizens, as well as the country’s security and sovereignty.
More than 40,000 citizens have been killed since the beginning of the US war in Afghanistan, because Pakistan’s government criminally collaborates with forces that facilitated its rise to power.
That is deeply problematic, and it suggests that many citizens are throwing out the good information with the bad.
Even so, we can improve critical-thinking skills so that citizens know how to pick trustworthy sources, and resist their own biases.
Philanthropists can also create or support grassroots organizations that work with citizens to strengthen their ability to consume information critically.
The 7.8 exchange rate was maintained at the cost – borne by all citizens – of six years of economic stagnation.
Without question, the main responsibility for building these countries’ political systems and reforming their economies rests with their citizens.
They do not care that the international order they want to tear down enabled the rapid post-1945 economic growth that liberated billions of developing-country citizens from poverty.
Sooner or later, the Chinese and Indian central banks' desire to hold down exchange rates to boost exports and their rich citizens' desire to keep their money in accounts at Bank of America will be offset by the sheer magnitude of investment opportunities.
But the shared interests of Europe’s citizens lack adequate political representation – a failing that contributed to the current crisis.
No single political party or politician in Brussels can claim to represent European citizens’ associated interests, because none has had to compete for Europe-wide public support.
But they still have to fight for re-election at home, where political parties that portray citizens of Arizona or Mississippi as lazy rent-seekers are gaining traction.
All citizens should have equal access.
The former seems fairer, because all citizens seemingly start with equal endowments of time.
On the other hand, if it is important that young, impressionable citizens see how their democracy works, and that we build social solidarity by making corporate executives stand in line with jobless teenagers, it makes sense to force people to bid with their time and to make entry tickets non-transferable.
The Fire Forging EuropeSTOCKHOLM – In 2003, when the European Union drafted its first security strategy, the continent’s citizens lived in a seemingly safe world.
All the ingredients of a constitution - values, principles, the rights of citizens, the competencies of the Union and its constituent institutions, etc - were included.
If it confuses them, how befuddling must it be for ordinary citizens?
This is a system European citizens will understand.
The draft constitutional document presented last week introduces small but significant changes that may empower Europe's citizens to both identify with and criticize Europe.
Such a strategy could harness the goodwill and enterprise of the 57 million US citizens who have roots south of the Rio Grande, including the 3.3 million US Hispanic-owned firms, many of which are eager to expand overseas.
In societies where women are treated like second-class citizens, ISIS has an easier time recruiting women with its quasi-female empowerment propaganda, like one image that shows a woman clad in a burqa with the words “Covered girl...because I’m worth it.”
He used his appearances on television to denounce his enemies and mobilize citizens, particularly poor ones, to support his revolution.
Of course, there is a risk that subsidies and lotteries may diminish the moral motivation of citizens to obey tax laws, because compliance becomes conditional on some form of compensation.
Nearly 40% of India’s citizens, almost 500 million people, are aged 13-35 – the world’s largest youth population.
But, in order to harness this demographic dividend, they must be given the skills and opportunities to become productive citizens.
As a result, India’s flourishing private sector and dazzling economic growth mean very little to most of its citizens.
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