Decision
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Despite the Fed’s
decision
to raise short-term interest rates, and to signal more rate hikes than expected for 2019, interest rates on US ten-year bonds have fallen to levels well below their February peak.
In a controversial
decision
issued in 2010 – Citizens United vs.
Whether you like the political consequences of the Citizens United
decision
or not, it has its own logic.
The actual
decision
to do so often can wait until the next stimulus, that is, the next day that a big drop occurs – hence, the possibility of a sequence of large one-day declines.
This logic likely drove Modi’s
decision
to invite SAARC leaders – including Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif – to witness his swearing in as Prime Minister.
And Modi’s relationship with the US has not been entirely positive, either, owing to American officials’
decision
to deny him a visa following the deaths of many Muslims during riots a decade ago in Gujarat, where he was Chief Minister.
It was actually tried – for refugees – and failed: a
decision
on how to allocate asylum-seekers to member states was reached, but it could not be implemented.
China’s
decision
to withhold crucial data is not only cruel; it also breaches the country’s international obligations.
It would require only a political
decision
– one that could be taken on short notice.
Within the US, Trump’s
decision
to pursue sweeping import tariffs has been described by one industry representative as “the most self-destructive trade act I’ve ever seen.”
In this context, the recent
decision
by a coalition of institutional investors to measure and disclose the carbon footprint of at least $500 billion in investments is a step forward.
The International Olympic Committee’s
decision
not to ban all Russian participation, instead leaving it up to individual sports’ governing federations to review each athlete’s record and decide who can compete, has been met with dismay from some and relief from others.
Add to that NATO’s recent
decision
to send small military units eastward, in order to reassure Poland and the Baltic states, and Russia may well decide that now is the time to create a larger buffer between itself and the West.
The
decision
to go to war against Iraq to liberate Kuwait, back in 1991, marked the beginning of America’s role as the sole hegemonic military power in the region.
The
decision
to go to war against Iraq for a second time, and then to occupy the country in March 2003, transformed this hegemony into direct US responsibility for the future of the Middle East.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s
decision
to hold a referendum – perhaps as early as June – on the United Kingdom’s continued membership in the European Union could bring down his government, destroy his political party, and literally tear his country apart.
A
decision
to leave the EU would fall like a sledgehammer on the British economy and greatly diminish its international stature.
The US Supreme Court, in its notorious Citizens United decision, has given corporations free rein to use their money to influence the direction of politics.
The
decision
has an obvious public-relations dimension.
But was this a democratic decision, or one that an “enlightened” elite forced upon its unwitting citizens?
But the cancellation of Barr's show was, of course, not a legal
decision.
There are parallels between Juliana v. United States and the Supreme Court’s infamous
decision
in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
The era of low interest rates that followed the
decision
in 1995 to introduce the euro inflated a massive credit bubble in southern eurozone countries, which was sustained until the end of 2013.
While the
decision
by some in favor of dynastic succession may be lacking in democracy, it is not entirely devoid of merit.
Nor was Muammar Khaddafi’s
decision
to stop being an international pariah entirely unrelated to his concern to bequeath to his son a state that lives in peace with the world.
The recognition of the brain’s vulnerability and plasticity under stress began with investigations of the hippocampus, and it now includes the amygdala, a brain region involved in fear, anxiety, and mood, and the prefrontal cortex, which is important in
decision
making, memory, and top-down control of impulsive behavior, as well as regulation of the autonomic nervous system and stress hormone axis.
In Russia, the very existence of the regime constructed by President Vladimir Putin can be traced to a single
decision
taken by a single man, Boris Yeltsin, for purely personal reasons.
These characteristics point to a major change in African consumption habits as this cohort ages, its incomes increase, and its behaviors and
decision
criteria become the societal norm.
From persistent differences in unemployment rates depending on skills and education to record-high income and wealth inequalities, each economic
decision
will be accompanied by the need for social judgment – whether explicit or, more likely, implicit – regarding its distributional impact.
The decision, justified as part of China’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign – an endeavor that critics say is a cover for eliminating political figures disloyal to Xi – revealed an utter lack of regard, or even contempt, for world opinion.
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