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For a government such as that now ruling China, one which does not derive legitimacy from the will of the people, the deeply rooted cultural presumption of ordinary people that the cosmic forces of heaven no longer shine on it, could deal a devastating psychological blow.
Breaking the Asia-Pacific region’s glass ceiling will require dismantling several barriers, including cultural expectations that women should prioritize childcare over their careers, a lack of suitable or affordable childcare, unconscious bias in the workplace, and a scarcity of role models and sponsors.
By contrast, a higher growth rate would require fewer golf breaks for salarymen and significant immigration in a nation that is unaccustomed to foreign intrusion and different cultural habits.
Beyond addressing institutional issues, however, China and the EU need to dismantle cultural and conceptual barriers to investment.
In this piece of inspired oversimplification, cultural 'diversity' is invariably seen as a boon rather than a threat.
Yet one does not have to be a follower of Jorg Haider or the late Pim Fortuyn to know that, whatever the gains have been, whether in terms of economic growth or even the widening of cultural experience in the West, much has and is being lost.
Although the moral and cultural simplifications of multiculturalism may have done the West little actual harm, the same cannot be said about poorer parts of the world.
Traditional career paths, and the cultural norms that constructed and reinforced them, simply have not enabled women to gain the skills required for top leadership positions in many organizational contexts.
Those cultural ties helped me understand the Urdu and Sindhi being spoken, and also to feel the deep urge to modernize in the Pakistani soul – an urge that exists alongside the urge to reconnect with Pakistan’s rich cultural past.
Islamic finance also can enhance financial inclusion, as it incorporates people who, for cultural or religious reasons, are excluded from the traditional financial system.
Once the failure of free trade, deregulation, and monetarism came to be seen as leading to a “new normal” of permanent austerity and diminished expectations, rather than just to a temporary banking crisis, the inequalities, job losses, and cultural dislocations of the pre-crisis period could no longer be legitimized – just as the extortionate taxes of the 1950s and 1960s lost their legitimacy in the stagflation of the 1970s.
Education holds the key not only to better jobs and stronger GDP growth, but also to the cultural, political, and social development that is needed to ensure that citizens are well-rounded and grounded enough to lead at the local, national, and international levels.
The holy grail of much Leftist thinking over the past two or three decades has been cultural relativity.
As an Asian leader once told me, Europeans have what many Asian societies aspire to: democratic government, advanced infrastructure, civil rights, world-class companies, high educational and social standards, and a rich cultural heritage.
It is this tolerance of cultural and religious diversity that could be endangered if the Sunni-inspired revolt sweeps the country.
Beyond that, Mayer’s edict makes more sense as a means of cultural change within a business than it does as a way to improve any particular individual’s productivity.
The argument generally offered is one of cultural affinity – as if centuries of common history, culture, and relations with the rest of Europe counted for nothing.
Indeed, official censorship is only the tip of an iceberg of cultural censorship.
Breaking the cultural code damages a person’s reputation, and perhaps one’s career.
Public language has thus become the common currency of cultural exchange, and everyone is on notice to mind one’s manners.
Beyond this economic menace, cultural dangers seem to lurk.
To fulfill their responsibility as stewards of the public good, cultural and political “elites” must eschew elitism and find formats and formulas that enable more constructive engagement among diverse groups, including – as difficult as it may be – radical and populist movements.
Sonia's victory, indeed, was a near-unanimous verdict for the politics of inclusiveness - economic, social and cultural - over the divisiveness and xenophobia of the BJP.
Obesity and its related ailments take a long time to develop, and isolating the effects of food taxes from changes caused by other health policies and cultural trends is challenging.
In many cases, traditional cultural norms prevent girls from obtaining any real education; lead far too many to marry and bear children while still adolescents; and bar women even from opening a bank account.
When countries go down the path of non-inclusive growth patterns, it usually results in disrespect for expertise, disillusionment with the political system and shared cultural values, and even greater social fragmentation and polarization.
We all see how others feel and react, but without the minimal historical and cultural tools necessary to decipher those reactions.
This is the cultural challenge facing democracy today, and those who wish to maintain the freedom and promise of democratic societies ignore it at their peril.
Even the most insular globetrotter, flitting from one market or cultural playground to another, must consider their children.
What are the deep cultural, intellectual, and spiritual sources for freedom, tolerance, and productivity?
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