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After decades of consensus that the state should set the rules and otherwise leave the private sector alone, the state is now widely seen as a beneficial force that should play an active role in the economy.
The country took shape during the Middle Ages in a dialectical process of interfaith relations, and its integration into the European Union stemmed from an overwhelming consensus on the need to suppress the ghosts of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, following his death in 1975.
The UN’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals – which included four health-related targets, covering nutrition, maternal and child health, and infectious diseases – reflected a political consensus to improve health worldwide.
There is now broad consensus among China’s senior leadership in favor of such a rebalancing.
Yet this is the same state-dominated development model that came under heavy criticism at this year’s CDF – and that stands in sharp contrast to the more market-driven alternative that has gained broad consensus among senior Chinese leaders.
By then, the social cohesion and consensus characteristic of democratic Germany for five decades will be severely strained.
Despite our growing interconnectedness, the UN Security Council has not yet been unable to achieve sufficient consensus to resolve pressing matters such as Syria.
The subsequent intellectual realignment in Israel has given rise to a new national consensus.
Nevertheless, the national consensus has shifted, shaking all assumptions about Israeli politics.
Yes, China governs by a consensus of the Standing Committee.
The aim should be to produce viable ideas, build consensus, and find linkages – first and foremost within the EU, but without forgetting allies and partners.
The key point today is that the governments in both India and Japan are keen on developing their strategic consensus about Asia’s future, a fact underscored by the many bilateral discussions between defense and military officials of both countries that are taking place.
This year must be education’s moment – a window of opportunity opened by a new consensus that education is critical to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including reducing maternal and infant mortality rates, spurring job creation, improving quality of life, and opening our minds to issues of gender equality.
The point is not “to reach a consensus about which model is right,” as Romer puts it, but to figure out which model applies best in a given setting.
But the profession’s internal critics are wrong to claim that the discipline has gone wrong because economists have yet to reach consensus on the “correct” models (their preferred ones of course).
In a world in which individuals’ fates are increasingly linked, and effective governance depends on some consensus on norms of social and distributive justice, growing income differentials in one country – especially one that has long served as a beacon of economic opportunity – can shape behavior elsewhere.
Moreover, the SCO sought a consensus on how, in Chinese President Hu Jintao’s words, to guard the region “against shocks from turbulence outside the region.”
While EU countries have failed to reach a consensus, the European vote most likely will not hinder the resolution’s adoption, which would make Palestine the second state to gain non-member observer-state status, after the Holy See.
Indeed, Europe’s divided stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exemplifies its poor record of achieving foreign-policy consensus.
As long as membership in the EU and the euro commanded wide consensus, these distinctions were a matter of interest only for legal experts.
There is an increasing consensus on the prognosis: this downturn will be prolonged and widespread.
Pakistan’s civil and military elite must create a broad consensus – perhaps with foreign assistance, but never with foreign meddling – on the constitutional roles of the prime minister, president, and the military.
Does this sudden outbreak of the long-desired bipartisan consensus indicate that a new, stronger America is just around the corner?
European policy prescriptions have proven inadequate, and there is no consensus on the right balance of fiscal consolidation and economic stimulus – or on how much fiscal solidarity a functioning monetary union requires.
Sadat would, of course, continue to champion the Palestinian cause as the heart of an Arab consensus and sometimes as a fig leaf for his own Egypt-focused foreign policy.
The major problem in the Arab-Isreli conflict, as in many other intricate disputes, has always been the incapacity or unwillingness of leaders to conduct a peace policy that is not supported by their societies’ prevailing, and frequently paralyzing, consensus.
Indeed, there is a growing consensus among economists that the current IP regime actually stifles innovation.
Unable to vanquish the specter of deflation, ECB President Mario Draghi will need to continue working to build a consensus – even better, unanimity – within the bank’s governing board for purchases of government bonds.
In the case of the Iraq War, President Bush never established a broad consensus that might have provided legitimacy in the face of a veto.
Economists who trumpeted the “Buenos Aires consensus” as the new way to run economies also look foolish in hindsight.
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