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Rightly or wrongly, most of us do give much more weight to our own interests, and those of our children and other close relatives and friends, than we do to the interests of others.
Close Encounters with Recessions of the Third KindPARIS: Three types of recessions exist.
The Assange case shows that no coup is needed to close down an open society.
Moreover, Pakistan’s fear of vilification and failure has given birth to an increasingly paranoid brand of Islam that seeks to impose stricter controls – on education, women’s rights, dancing, beardlessness, and sex – and close society to all forms of modernity.
Making government funds available should also encourage the private sector to participate in recapitalizing the banking sector and bringing the financial crisis to a close.
To make his request more palatable, Bakiyev announced that he was demanding that the United States close its airbase in Kyrgyzstan, which resupplies NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
My years of service overseeing the World Bank’s operations in China had put me in close contact with some of the country’s senior leaders, including then-Prime Minister Zhu Rongji.
The screening process forces applicant countries to take a long, hard look at how close they really are to meeting the accession requirements, thereby introducing a much-needed dose of realism into their debates about what needs to be done in the years ahead.
The aim should be that by the close of Poland’s EU presidency at the end of that year, all the countries will have completed screening and achieved candidate status.
The Nobel laureate economist Thomas Sargent and others recently argued that the optimal level of debt for the US is in fact very close to zero, though he does not recommend trying to get there anytime soon, given that US government debt is now over 100% of GDP.
Developing-country finance ministries and tax authorities must cooperate with one another and with their OECD counterparts to close existing loopholes and establish effective tax policies that support their shared interests.
Harsh austerity measures – cuts to pensions, salaries, and social services (including a recent decision to close hundreds of hospitals and lay off thousands of medical personnel) – have inspired barely any criticism.
But, at the current rate of female empowerment, it would take nearly 220 years to close the gender gap.
While leaders are not elected, either directly or by a representative body, their performance is subject to close scrutiny – for example, by the National People’s Congress (NPC) and local people’s congresses.
For example, while Iran may not be happy with the American presence in Iraq, it realizes how close the country is to full-scale civil war.
The shift in the debate from just a year ago seems dramatic: no one even mentions the notion of trickle-down economics anymore, and few are willing to argue that there is a close congruence between social contributions and private rewards.
What Western policymakers fail to understand is that such an approach is less likely to undermine the regime than to cause Russians to close ranks behind it.
Will Greece Go To the IMF?WASHINGTON, DC – Traditionally, “you should go to the IMF” was not something you would say to friendly neighbors and close allies.
The law’s most onerous provisions are those regulating the terms of employment contracts, for they condemn employers who decide to close a plant to a marathon of legal proceedings of uncertain duration and unpredictable outcome.
Barroso’s statement thus acknowledged anew, on behalf of the Commission and the Council, the democratic deficit that has long plagued EU institutions – a deficit that they aim to close by creating a pan-European political sphere.
For example, Taiwan’s use of administrative measures that rely heavily on close monitoring of flows may be inappropriate in settings where bureaucratic capacity is more limited.
So, while maintaining its close alliance with the United States, the Western imperial power that Iran fears most, Saudi Arabia opposed the uprisings, whether the protagonists were Shia (as in Bahrain), or Sunni (as in Egypt).
Likewise, Qatar maintains a relationship with Iran, with which it shares colossal gas fields, that is too close for Saudi Arabia’s comfort.
But this was facilitated by the movement’s close ties with the AKP – an alliance that helped the AKP to secure three successive electoral victories since 2002.
It is perhaps not surprising, then, that most Arab youth do not see role models beyond their close social circles.
This helps to explain why Putin’s Middle East policy rests on close relations with Syria (that is, with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime), Iran, and Israel.
Private-sector investors ought to be more than willing to kick in that $35 billion, for they stand to make a fortune when financial asset prices close some of the gap between their current and normal values.
My guess is that the reason that the US government is not doing all it should can be stated in three words: Senator George Voinovich, who is the 60th vote in the Senate – the vote needed to close off debate and enact a bill.
The key to success has been the authorities’ flexible approach, guided by close monitoring of market signals.
Earlier this month, Trump announced that China “wants to make a deal” to bring the ongoing trade dispute to a close.
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