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There is cruel irony in the observation that in the country which Jinnah created in the name of Islam, that noble faith itself now constitutes the principal challenge to the very survival of the state.
Unfortunately, this elegant solution assumes away all the problems associated with the complex web of contracts and relationships that constitutes the financial system, the limited information of all the affected parties, and the incentive of each of those parties to protect its own interests.
Reconstruction constitutes a special kind of public-works project.
The turn toward populism constitutes a revolt against intellectual orthodoxy, embodied by cosmopolitan professional elites.
What Gbagbo and his supporters are doing constitutes a coup d’état.
This constitutes a powerful disincentive for Chad and Cameroon to act against company malfeasance or to defend individuals adversely affected by the project.
The danger of nuclear terrorism constitutes one of the gravest threats to our collective security.
Of course, a slowing US economy constitutes another major global risk.
It constitutes a pragmatic set of policies that has been enormously successful in keeping economic insecurity at bay.
This constitutes the illusionary and historically regressive element of current Russian policy.
The market economy forces us to be concerned about the needs of others, because it is their need that constitutes the source of our livelihood.
To be sure, the creation of such a court would face difficulties, the most important of which remains the lack of consensus on what constitutes the crime of terrorism.
In today’s global economy, the rise of financial protectionism constitutes a greater danger.
Greece constitutes a cautionary example.
Investment constitutes almost half of GDP, more than twice the global average.
What constitutes “illegal” activity in the eyes of the Hainan authorities was not spelled out, but many worry that the order will give carte blanche to the maritime police to interfere with commercial activity in the South China Sea.
The economic situation, which is still very precarious, with many people living close to starvation, constitutes another key challenge.
That base constitutes a very high percentage of Republicans who vote in primaries, where nominees for the House and Senate are chosen.
In discussing this issue, what constitutes modernization is often confused with westernization.
Yet China’s economy would barely register the effect of new sanctions: North Korea’s annual GDP, at a meager $28 billion, constitutes little more than a rounding error for its giant neighbor.
There is no reason why we cannot have moral psychology and moral philosophy: moral psychology to explain why moral progress is both possible and painfully slow, and moral philosophy to clarify what constitutes moral progress and to push us in the appropriate direction.
Investing in banks constitutes a double breach – ethical and professional.
This constitutes another potential trap for the new government.
Beyond Bin LadenNEW YORK – The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces constitutes a significant victory over global terrorism.
For a normal country, the national income-tax system constitutes a huge automatic stabilizer across regions.
Financial markets can be fragile, and they provide little capacity for sharing risk related to labor income, which constitutes the largest part of income in any advanced economy.
Geography alone in this vast and poorly connected country constitutes a formidable obstacle to conducting an election according to internationally recognized standards.
Likewise, his government’s discreet silence in the wake of the European Central Bank’s latest interest rate increase constitutes eloquent recognition of the ECB’s independence.
The alternative, a targeted tax holiday, constitutes a welcome break with the culture of “time off,” and an encouragement to those who, as Sarkozy’s campaign slogan put it, want to “work more in order to earn more.”
A “true” pan-European bond would have to entail a joint guarantee by all countries of the full bond issue, with the “strongest” guaranteeing the “weakest,” which supporters of a bond idea suggest constitutes true European solidarity.
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