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The promise of selective price
controls
sweetens the deal.
These arguments were used in 1991, to torpedo the idea of carbon dioxide controls; in 1993, against the Clinton administration’s proposed BTU tax (an energy surcharge that would have taxed sources based on their heat and carbon content); in 1996, against the goals of the UN Conference of Parties in Geneva (COP2); in 1997, against the goals of the UN Conference of Parties in Kyoto (COP3); and in 1998, against the Kyoto Protocol’s implementation.
That slogan echoes the title of an article that I recently published, entitled “Of the 1%, for the 1%, and by the 1%,” describing the enormous increase in inequality in the United States: 1% of the population
controls
more than 40% of the wealth and receives more than 20% of the income.
As a result, it is reasonable to expect that Chinese authorities will soon tighten
controls
on capital flows.
For one, they will likely introduce quantity
controls
on bank lending, though the effects of such regulations are diminishing because banks and other financial institutions have developed a range of ways to circumvent them.
Some countries may need temporary
controls
to curb damaging capital outflows, but policymakers should aim for a market-based exchange rate and a solid plan for governing inflation, debt, foreign-exchange reserves, current accounts, and fiscal balances.
I am not trying to wage a gender war; nuclear weapons are dangerous regardless of who
controls
them.
And, to address volatile capital flows, countries should increase exchange-rate flexibility, maintain adequate international reserves, and implement carefully designed capital
controls.
If, on the other hand, we believe that economic actors will respond rationally to incentives and information, then we can usefully reform regulatory frameworks with well-targeted measures, including restrictions on off-balance sheet vehicles, tougher disclosure requirements, and
controls
on rating agencies’ conflicts of interests.
If politicians cave in here – say, by eliminating patent protection, imposing price controls, or allowing re-import of drugs from poor countries – innovation for new drugs will stall.
The defection of the governors, however, may be a double-edged sword for Primakov, who announced in his first campaign address on August 30 that what his presidency would offer Russia was a strong central state with renewed
controls
on parts of the economy.
Aside from the costs of the Iraq war and other security concerns, along with lapses in earlier spending controls, US tax cuts have structural and distributional rather than short-term aims.
There remains an open question as to whether Japan will go into depression or into pervasive
controls.
Or will it, too, succumb and revert to a belief in state
controls
and protected national economies.
As a result, most advanced societies impose direct
controls
on gun ownership.
When tourists from the United Kingdom traveled to France, Italy, or Spain, they faced restrictions on how many francs, lire, or pesetas they could buy; and international investment was constrained by a pervasive system of capital
controls.
The post-Bretton Woods liberalization of capital controls, in the absence of equivalent protections for workers, led to predictable results.
I would feel very differently if, through an open door, I observed pilots who were frustrated at the poor responsiveness of the plane’s controls, arguing about their next step, and getting no help whatsoever from the operator’s manuals.
Aid should get to those who need it, regardless of which warring party
controls
the territory.
Indeed, in recent years, eurozone authorities have introduced several policies for fighting financial crises – including government-backed rescue funds, a partial banking union, tougher fiscal controls, and a role for the European Central Bank as lender of last resort.
Third, with the creation of the European Payments Union, the UK and its European partners agreed to dismantle
controls
on trade with one another.
Politicians often seek to shield consumers through price
controls
on staple foods and energy.
If the country is a producer of the commodity in question, it may use export
controls
to insulate domestic consumers from increases in the world price.
Export restrictions in producing countries and price
controls
in importing countries both serve to exacerbate the magnitude of the world price upswing, owing to the artificially reduced quantity that is still internationally traded.
Economically, border
controls
act just like taxes; they distort activity, by increasing transaction costs and reducing cross-border flows of goods and services.
That does not mean, of course, that the single market cannot work with border
controls
or multiple currencies.
They surely have a right to defend themselves, whether through foreign-exchange intervention and the consequent accumulation of reserves (a potentially profitable option if capital flows are indeed temporary), imposition of capital controls, or other currency-related macro-prudential policies aimed at countercyclical exchange-rate smoothing.
This implies a slowdown in reforms that increase the private sector’s productivity and economic share, together with a greater economic role for state-owned enterprises (and for state-owned banks in the allocation of credit and savings), as well as resource nationalism, trade protectionism, import-substitution industrialization policies, and imposition of capital
controls.
The threats to media freedom in Europe are all too apparent: intimidation, attacks, and murder; legal harassment and wrongful imprisonment; and official controls, criminal libel laws, and intolerable political and commercial pressure on journalists.
For example, when Malaysia’s central-bank governor supported the imposition of capital
controls
during the East Asian crisis of 1997-1998, the policy was scorned, but the former governor has since been vindicated.
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