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In the absence of viable strategies and clear direction, most Internet-aided uprisings have dissipated quickly.
He is a canny businessman – that much is clear.
The thinking is clear (if rarely spelled out clearly by politicians): whereas a loss of market confidence in the British state’s solvency would most likely trigger a depression, above-target inflation can be rectified at a relatively tolerable cost to living standards (though higher than it should have been).
Worse still, it is now clear that Bush never had a plan for when the war ended.
Unfortunately, it is now becoming clear that the hard lessons of recent financial crises have been lost on China.
Ethnic cleansing and violence in Kosovo, however, soon made it clear to him that there were moments when one had to choose between those two imperatives: a new Auschwitz sometimes could be prevented only by means of war.
In the end, Emanuel’s office concluded that, “The uncertainty for taxpayers, coupled with FIFA’s inflexibility and unwillingness to negotiate, were clear indications that further pursuit of the bid wasn’t in Chicago’s best interests.”
Whether the doctrine’s authors really believe that NATO poses a threat to Russia is not clear, as the country has not had such peaceable neighbors on its Western borders for more than 300 years.
Public-health authorities throughout the region were providing actionable, up-to-date parasitological data, and taking clear steps to address the problem.
But unless protagonists are sure that announcements, campaign promises, and peace agreements will give rise to clear, purposeful action, they should think twice before opening their mouths.
Clear and accessible ledgers that faithfully describe not only who controls what and where, but also the rules governing potential combinations – of, say, collateral, components, producers, entrepreneurs, and legal and property rights – are vital for the system to function.
The message was clear: those in power were clearly convinced that eradicating their opponents was a better strategy than including them.
Of course, a clear immigration policy is needed in order to avoid the accumulation of illegal immigrants.
While the manifesto does not mention China by name, the implication is clear.
South of Okinawa is Yonaguni Island, with a population of just 1,800 and visible from Taiwan on a clear day.
Having failed to do that, it should now define clear rules and responsibilities to govern and manage as best as possible the inevitable monetization of some part of its accumulated debts.
The lesson of Japan – but not only Japan – is clear: It is better to recognize the technical case for monetary finance and mitigate the political dangers than to prohibit its use entirely and pile up still greater dangers for the future.
As should be clear, the claim of “decentralization” is a myth propagated by the pseudo-billionaires who control this pseudo-industry.
Instead, it seemed increasingly clear that, as Milton Friedman put it, “inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”
In short, China’s government seems to have a clear long-term vision.
Some experiments have had less clear results, making, say, a positive contribution to GDP growth, but also contributing to problems like excess industrial capacity, pollution, corruption, and the creation of ghost towns.
This entails strengthening China’s institutional foundations and establishing clear, transparent rules, in order to encourage experimentation and innovation, ensure the smooth exit of failed projects, and manage the fallout of errors.
The advantages of improving education, creating more jobs, and increasing productivity seem clear.
Indeed, some of the ideas proposed – a common asylum system and a common burden-sharing scheme – would constitute a clear transfer of sovereignty to the EU in an area once seen as a core national function.
The first problem in need of a "constitutional" solution that is tackled is Europe's clear and unified identity.
Xi may be much smarter than Trump (not a high hurdle to clear), but that is not enough to guarantee a stable and prosperous future for China.
What still needs to be settled is a clear understanding of what the constitution is meant to achieve.
In the European Treaties, we find a clear expression of vertical subsidiarity.
For starters, the world’s investors declared loud and clear in 2008 that they were not concerned about the sustainability of US deficits.
Combining these strands of conservative criticism, the real problem with Piketty’s book becomes clear: its author is a mentally unstable foreign communist.
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