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The stimulus-versus-austerity debate is an old one.
Such deep theoretical conflicts have real-world consequences, as they impede constructive debate and cooperative action in crisis situations.
Of course, resolving a philosophical debate is not impossible.
In the early sixteenth century, the German princes attempted to settle the philosophical challenge presented by Protestant reformers by engaging Martin Luther to debate a prominent orthodox Catholic theologian, Johannes Eck.
In the ECB, for example, a debate is underway to determine under which conditions deviation from fiscal orthodoxy might be stabilizing in the long term.
How that debate is resolved could lead to a new kind of international cooperation.
Beyond the Carbon CrusadeCOPENHAGEN – At its heart, much of the debate over climate change deals with just one divisive and vexing question: How big should cuts in carbon emissions be?
This narrow focus makes the debate unconstructive.
The current debate in China is less about strategy design and more about implementation.
The Trouble with Libertarian PaternalismCHICAGO – There are many arguments against government paternalism: apart from limiting individual choice (for example, the choice to remain uninsured in the current health-care debate in the United States) and preventing individuals from learning, history suggests time and again that the conventional wisdom prevalent in society is wrong.
But because it is finance, not democratic civil society, that is pushing back against the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union, the Brexit debate will become more bitter, and the fallout more severe.
Needless to say, such an outcome would spell serious trouble for America’s already-contentious deficit-and-debt debate.
It is time to look beyond ideology – on the left as well as on the right – and frame the policy debate with that key consideration in mind.
There is raging debate in the country over how best to do that.
Debate on decentralization of the state has been dragging on for nine years without any government department displaying the willingness to transfer powers to regions or to municipalities without a fight.
This is no ordinary academic debate.
American Power and the 2004 CampaignAmerica's presidential election campaign is heating up, and with it the debate about American power.
How to Avoid a Double-Dip Global RecessionNEW YORK -- There is an ongoing debate among global policymakers about when and how fast to exit from the strong monetary and fiscal stimulus that prevented the Great Recession of 2008-2009 from turning into a new Great Depression.
Fortunately, the focus of the debate is on reserves and not resources.
Rather than focusing on the major short- and long-term challenges facing the oil industry, the debate about peak oil diverts attention to the wrong problems.
Unfortunately, that debate has not yet started.
The current tone surrounding the peak oil debate is reminiscent of that surrounding the global war on terror, with the phrase “you’re either with us or against us” recycled to polarize observers and analysts.
But as in any other debate, once extreme positions dominate, the real problems are trivialized and marginalized.
Yet they have not simplified the debate on the costs and benefits of Brexit.
This may be partly because that debate has not played out along party lines.
Small Countries’ Big SuccessesZURICH – Scotland’s vote on independence from the United Kingdom has spurred widespread debate about the secession of small states, such as Slovenia and Croatia in 1991, or the independence drive today in Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia.
As divergences become explicit, the demand for a wider political debate about monetary policy and for political involvement in its formulation will become more intense.
If it is clear who will vote for which measure, there will be increased demand for a public debate about who should be chosen: why not elect the MPC, since it is effectively a monetary government?
In Europe, a similar debate about the political accountability of European central banks has been simmering since before the ECB was even established.
By abandoning ambiguity and taking its own bomb out of the “basement,” Israel might be able to affirm its capacity for nuclear deterrence more convincingly, and, more importantly, enhance a serious debate about the urgency of a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East.
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