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A private actor with a new idea often needs government approval to start up; and firms that enter an existing industry must
compete
with incumbents that usually already have government support.
Young people are being forced to interrupt their education, and refugees are fully or partly barred from legal labor markets, owing to fears that they will
compete
for jobs with local inhabitants.
The old right can hardly compete; but the establishment can hardly cope.
Conflict is increasing as communities
compete
for scarce resources.
In Germany the highest court decided that to the use of a contract, or the formation of associations on the basis of contract, for the purpose of eliminating competition was compatible with the law, it was compatible with the freedom to
compete.
AIDS, hunger, armed conflict, and global warming
compete
for attention alongside government failure, malaria, and the latest natural disaster.
From an economic point of view, the Lisbon Strategy’s aim is to transform Europe into a power able to
compete
on equal terms with the US today and the great Asian countries.
Universities
compete
to ascend the research rankings.
Scientific journals
compete
to publish the most relevant papers.
Conference organizers
compete
for the most distinguished speakers.
Journalists
compete
for scoops on the most important breakthroughs.
Funders
compete
to identify and support the research that will produce the most significant advances in terms of social impact, security, or commercial profitability.
However, in many places, energy cropping would certainly
compete
with food crops.
China’s government, by emphasizing the need for a better-educated workforce to
compete
with the West, is fueling this trend.
The goods made in Factory North America must
compete
with goods made in Factory Asia, Factory Europe, and so forth.
But they will be equally encouraged to offshore production that is aimed at export markets, so that they can
compete
with Japanese, German, and Chinese producers outside of the US.
Individually, they cannot
compete
with emerging markets; they need a strong EU to face the challenges posed by globalization.
This will be no easy feat – especially as Indians
compete
for scarce opportunities in an overpopulated land.
In the most celebrated American case of the twentieth century, Brown v. Board of Education, the Justices were probably influenced by a government brief explaining how racial segregation in the southern United States undermined American efforts to
compete
with the Soviet Union for the hearts and minds of people in developing countries.
At the very least, it would bring a sense of coherence to the actions of politicians, and those opposed to this search for a new European equilibrium – mostly Marxists and populists – would need to
compete
with a new vision of their own.
The stronger dollar not only lowers the cost of imports, but also puts downward pressure on the prices of domestic products that
compete
with imports.
But once the political franchise was enlarged, the working class got organized, and mass politics became the norm, domestic economic objectives began to
compete
with (and overwhelm) external rules and constraints.
China, for example, has managed to integrate itself into the global economy because its firms learned how to operate and
compete
within the framework established by the World Trade Organization.
Back in 1991, many thought that Russia could not end high inflation, adopt a market economy, or
compete
effectively in world markets.
Otherwise, they
compete
to become bureaucrats at the most influential ministries – for example, finance, economy, or foreign affairs – or they try to get on the fast track to the top of elite firms like Toyota or Sony.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will amount to a major test for a Japanese education system focused on reciting facts and performing formulaic calculations – precisely the areas where humans cannot
compete
with intelligent machines.
But high- and low-skill migrants alike contribute to the efficient division of labor in their host countries, because cultural differences make it harder for them to
compete
with locals.
If these countries liberalize their trade regimes, they will tend to import more US goods that
compete
with their own industries.
While the government has not pursued adequate reform of state-owned enterprises, it has deliberately allowed new, largely private-owned technology giants to
compete
against state-owned banks and financial institutions.
They will
compete
with multinationals from a wide range of countries, and will become architects of global supply chains.
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