Concentrate
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Direct talks should
concentrate
on two parallel tracks.
In theory, the advantage of this "big bang" enlargement is that it may
concentrate
minds on the need for a radical re-think of the decision-making processes in a bigger EU.
His position is a refutation of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan’s doctrine that the central bank should not adjust policy in response to financial-sector excesses, but instead should
concentrate
on reacting to any problems that subsequently arise.
Central banks cannot
concentrate
only on cleaning up after crises; the costs of financial instability are too high.
Similarly, the threat of US military strikes did little to
concentrate
Kim’s mind: even Western analysts do not find that threat credible.
In their book Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue that societies with political arrangements that
concentrate
power in the hands of a few seldom excel at innovation and growth, because innovators have no guarantee they will keep the fruits of their labors.
Package deals are a specialty of the EU, and Macron should not
concentrate
exclusively on the euro agenda.
And, while a more balkanized financial system does reduce the likelihood of global shocks creating volatility in far-flung markets, it may also
concentrate
risks within local banking systems and increase the chance of domestic financial crises.
We conjectured that even though random discoveries, weather events, and technologies might dramatically shift relative values for certain periods, the resulting price differentials would create incentives for innovators to
concentrate
more attention on goods whose prices had risen dramatically.
Second, we should
concentrate
less on improving health care and more on strengthening disease prevention, for example by driving down tobacco use, expanding opportunities for physical activity, and increasing the availability and affordability of a healthy diet.
While Chirac took a keen interest in world affairs, Sarkozy, by both inclination and political calculus, will concentrate, at least initially – and in the absence of a major international crisis – on internal matters.
We need to accept human mortality and, as a matter of both practice and policy,
concentrate
on improving older people’s quality of life.
Early on, Treasury secretary Robert Rubin persuaded him to
concentrate
on deficit reduction, scrapping a middle class tax cut and planned public investment initiatives.
Like Putin, Xi uses anti-corruption measures to dispatch rivals and
concentrate
power in his own hands, and he has been even more ruthless than Putin in doing so.
The paramount task is to
concentrate
on a broad, and long-overdue, reform agenda that includes solutions that are both simple to achieve and do not require changes to the European treaties.
The EU will need to align better its internal and external policies and cannot
concentrate
solely on the former.
Tudjman’s excuse was that Croatia needed to
concentrate
power for its struggle with Serbian aggression.
After the rise of fascism and during the Cold War, the world’s democracies seemed to recognize that referendums and plebiscites are the handmaidens of autocrats seeking to
concentrate
power.
Such Frenchmen want to lead Europeans in their attempt to become a museum of the good life and
concentrate
on tourism.
In 1989, in the heady days of perestroika, I addressed the Biannual Congress of Soviet Filmmakers in Moscow, suggesting they
concentrate
scarce resources on training - training a generation of filmmakers with confidence in their own culture, a confidence to go out and address the world's audiences.
Beyond these, of course, is the possibility of switching off altogether and leaving politics to the professionals so as to
concentrate
on other dimensions of life.
But while we wait for our politicians to tackle the root causes of global poverty – and it could be a long wait – let’s
concentrate
our spare resources on effective aid that helps people in extreme poverty lead the best lives they can.
Add to that the modern scale effects on professional and “superstar” incomes – a result of winner-take-all global markets – and a picture emerges of fundamental forces tending to
concentrate
primary income at the top.
A strike designed to destroy Assad’s air force and prevent him from dropping bombs full of nails on his people would
concentrate
his mind on a diplomatic solution.
That implies that policymakers should
concentrate
on communications, tourism, banking, transport, and energy, followed by education, health, and construction services.
Managing the Global Migration CrisisDebates about immigration nowadays tend to
concentrate
on the impact newcomers have on social cohesion.
If South Korea takes the lead, the US will be able to
concentrate
on its top priority: North Korea’s nuclear arsenal.
Moreover, child brides are more likely to drop out of school to
concentrate
on domestic chores and child rearing.
Plans with names like “Strong Hand” in El Salvador, “The Broom” in Guatemala, and “Blue Liberty” in Honduras have been created to deal with the problem, but all ignore prevention, overlook the social roots of the phenomena, and
concentrate
on applying force.
It is easy to agree with Summers and Reich that national economic policy should
concentrate
on US competitiveness, not on the well-being of particular companies.
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