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But if we commit to recapitalize banks with debt-financed fiscal expenditure, we may simply shift solvency concerns from banks to sovereigns, reinforcing one of the most pernicious dynamics in the evolution of the eurozone crisis.
We should have known that loving too much often ends up in hatred and rejection, but we still commit this mistake in our private and public lives.
Many countries enact legislation to stop people from inciting others to commit violent acts, though some go further.
Moreover, we need to improve market access, and convince countries to commit to a stronger enforcement regime for export-competition issues and export restrictions.
The US authorities are worried that American citizens who have been fighting with the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in the Middle East will return home to commit terrorist acts.
Although these groups’ members may lack the sophistication to commit such acts, they may try to hire individuals with the necessary skills.
Second, if policymakers credibly commit – soon – to raise taxes and reduce public spending (especially entitlement spending), say, in 2011 and beyond, when the economic recovery is more resilient, the gain in markets’ confidence would allow a looser fiscal policy to support recovery in the short run.
The economics is clear: the world needs all the advanced industrial countries to commit to another big round of real stimulus spending.
But let’s not wait: faced with predictions of the West’s relative decline, the US and the EU must commit themselves to more union, more cooperation, and more prosperity.
They can commit not to expropriate creditors, since the latter will vote them out of office if they do.
But it could be remembered as the day when Europe finally woke up, realizing that, to secure its future, its only option is to commit to reinventing itself.
To believe otherwise is to commit the “fallacy of composition.”
They should commit to advancing sound agricultural management, maintaining well-functioning markets, and increasing investment in agriculture.
If Congress is willing to commit to that path, a reasonable quid pro quo would be strong fiscal rules – and a powerful monitoring body.
Still, as our team set about defining the global poverty line this year (and thus the incidence of poverty), I was acutely aware of the note of caution from Angus Deaton, this year’s Nobel laureate in economics: “I am not sure it is wise for the World Bank to commit itself so much to this project.”
The IMF has the wherewithal to commit up to $250 billion.
The Convention aims to prevent the commission of terrorist acts by implementing early warning systems; the use of ASEAN members’ respective territories by those who finance, plan, facilitate, or commit terrorist acts; and movement of terrorists and terrorist groups by means of effective border control and identity/travel documentation.
Whether the new EU strategy symbolizes the start of a new chapter for Europe or a dead letter about a defunct project will depend on whether European leaders can overcome their parochialism and commit to cooperation.
That is why the Education Commission calls for a financing compact between developing countries and the international community, whereby wealthier countries offer increased finance and guidance to developing countries that commit to educational reform and investment.
If Uber’s leaders fully commit to such a transformation, they could achieve one of the great turnaround stories of our time.
Last year, a ProPublica investigation of “recidivism risk models” demonstrated that a widely used methodology to determine sentences for convicted criminals systematically overestimates the likelihood that black defendants will commit crimes in the future, and underestimates the risk that white defendants will do so.
The most important and potentially sustaining feature of a new democracy lies in its effort to commit itself to observing international human-rights standards.
In particular, they must commit to enforcement of any resulting IMO measures, and to ensuring that the use of HFO is eventually banned from Arctic waters.
After all, it is difficult to commit the kind of mass atrocities that would be tried by an international tribunal without the involvement of heads of state and other top officials.
A leader with dangerous signs of paranoia, lack of empathy, and sadism should not remain in the presidency, lest he commit devastating damage.
But ignoring Boko Haram will only enable it to commit more atrocities.
And corporations that sign on to the FFP also commit to a zero-tolerance policy for forced labor, which creates a market incentive for their growers to police their own operations actively; in the past, market forces created an incentive to look the other way.
Unfortunately, the macroeconomic changes that countries must make involve actions to which even heads of state are unable to commit.
When Nobel Laureate economists weighed up how to achieve the most good for the world in a recent project called the Copenhagen Consensus, they found that focusing on HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition, and trade barriers should all be tackled long before we commit to any dramatic action on climate change.
Developed countries will be able to commit to reducing their emissions by 80% versus 1990 by mid-century, as many have already done, and provide the necessary financial and technology support for developing countries’ adaptation and mitigation efforts.
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