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The Franco-German couple could no longer claim to speak for the EU as a whole.
They claim that the security environment is not mature enough to take bold steps toward nuclear disarmament.
This claim was hugely misguided.
By identifying trade protection with protecting the environment, consumer rights, human rights, and social welfare benefits, protectionists claim the moral high ground undeservedly in the battle with free-traders.
When the economy is booming, they claim, expenditure must be cut (or, if all else fails, taxes raised) in order to reduce demand.
We do not claim to have provided a definitive list of transformative reforms the world needs.
Was I receiving stolen goods, as advocates of stricter laws against Internet piracy claim?
The bills had been written at the urging of Hollywood studios and the publishing and recording industries, which claim that violations of copyright on the Internet cost the US 100,000 jobs.
Those who claim that capital controls are ineffective seldom specifyat what they are presumed to be ineffective.
But that probably does not matter as much as many people claim.
This version of feminism – the notion that women can claim equality and still have a valued role in the home, prize family above all, and view rights in the context of community and spirituality – seems like a much-needed corrective to some of Western feminism’s shortcomings.
The European Commission’s claim that this slowdown reflects high sovereign-default risk, rather than fiscal consolidation, is belied by the UK, where the sovereign risk is deemed by markets to be virtually nonexistent.
The campaigners claim we must stop economic growth because the planet is crossing environmental boundaries, and inequality between humans is increasing.
The no-growth campaigners claim that inequality is at the heart of their concern, but they studiously ignore the vast majority of the planet.
The Gateses claim that every dollar spent on childhood immunization yields $44 in economic benefits, including the money that families otherwise lose when a child gets sick and a parent cannot work.
A variant of the economic argument for European unity is the claim that enhanced integration makes it easier to finance debt, because interest rates are lower.
Only when all citizens benefit from economic development can leaders devoted to poverty reduction claim genuine success.
This approach mirrors that of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who uses the sumptuous trappings and immense resources of his office to claim credit for restoring his country’s national pride, particularly when he is trying to persuade ordinary Russians to make economic sacrifices.
The first claim is, I think, incontrovertible.
I dare anyone to claim that the overwhelming bulk of that disparity springs from causes other than history and the current state of governance.
The second claim is also, I think, true.
This claim is, of course, ludicrous.
Advocates of this view claim that cultural variation is but the surface play of appearances.
The banks claim that higher capital requirements and other regulations will drive up the cost of credit.
Meanwhile, direct taxation of corporations and individuals has tended to decline – despite the moot claim that lower direct taxation ensures investment and growth.
But while some claim costs were high, they are quickly falling.
Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign PolicyLONDON – Donald Trump’s recent claim that his opponent in the US presidential race, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State is vicious nonsense.
As I write this, one Fox commentator after another is parroting the White House’s absurd claim that Trump fired Comey because of the terrible things the FBI director did to Clinton during the campaign.
By disarming any remaining militias, Abbas could claim what Max Weber called the necessary ingredient of any state, namely a “monopoly of the legitimate use of force.”
One cannot really claim that the world is “flat” when a typical African receives investment in his or her human capital of a few hundred dollars, while rich Americans get a gift from their parents and society in excess of a half-million dollars.
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