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Implementing such a strategy may differ from country to country, depending on administrative capacity, the prevailing incentive regime, the flexibility of the fiscal system, the
degree
of sophistication of the financial sector, and the underlying political economy.
Of course, the extent to which an electoral system favors large parties – by having high popular-vote thresholds to enter parliament, or through winner-take-all constituencies – affects the
degree
of political fragmentation.
Nonetheless, the center right and the center left are arguing about the
degree
of redistribution, not about the need for some progressivity in taxes and transfers.
So, given that differences in policies as they are implemented have become largely a matter of degree, why do centrist parties remain weak?
Before any political compromise can occur, however, a
degree
of religious reconciliation is needed.
At this point, one might expect to see a high
degree
of gender equality in the health sector.
There is a considerable
degree
of heterogeneity in any population, so it is neither fair nor desirable that everyone should be forced to retire at the same age.
Market participants already do, to a
degree.
Although the last meeting of the so-called “Friends of Syria” (a group of countries that convenes periodically to discuss Syria’s situation outside of the United Nations Security Council) brought more financial aid, the
degree
of genuine outside commitment to their cause remains questionable.
They endured a
degree
of poverty that would be intolerable to those in advanced countries today, while we are exposed to risks whose nature, though hard for us to understand, would be literally inconceivable to them.
My thesis is that the
degree
of dynamism in a nation's economy hinges on its development of some key economic institutions - company law and corporate governance, the population's preparation for business life, the development of financial instruments such as the stock market and so forth.
One could have predicted in advance of the recent boom how the 12 large OECD economies would rank simply by knowing the percentage of the population with a university degree, the OECD index of barriers to entrepreneurs, and the breadth of the stock exchange (measured by the market value of outstanding shares relative to GDP years before the boom).
In fact, among the 12 large OECD nations, a higher
degree
of corporatism as commonly measured is loosely associated with lower employment and lower productivity.
Hence, the state Mafia appears to be losing out to old organized crime, and the
degree
of symbiosis between the state and organized crime is diminishing.
Another objection is the opposition of Turkey - and, to a lesser degree, Iran and Syria - to granting the Iraqi Kurds self-determination.
In 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines created a haze of sulfur in the higher atmosphere that cooled the entire planet approximately half a
degree
Celsius for two years afterwards.
Santos, on the other hand, surrendered a
degree
of Colombian sovereignty by allowing negotiations with the FARC to be brokered by the unelected government of a foreign country with its own agenda: Cuba.
To some degree, fear of terrorism might shield US leaders from the need for accountability.
To one
degree
or another, all depend on access to foreign markets to sell their manufactured goods, agricultural products, resources, or services – or to supply them.
Few of the challenges that it raises can be met unilaterally; more often than not, cooperation, compromise, and a
degree
of multilateralism are essential.
Many of those who arrived first at the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing or the massacre at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris had not received the physical training for such eventualities, nor were they emotionally prepared to cover stories where they would be exposed to that
degree
of trauma.
Moreover, women’s financial inclusion helps combat social marginalization and improves family wellbeing; when mothers have a
degree
of control over household finances, their children are less likely to die from malnutrition and more likely to thrive.
A similar
degree
of complacency was evident in the United States before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.
Much of the regional differences can be explained by their
degree
of democracy and openness rather than ethnicity.
But popularity has so far not spelled populism, at least to the
degree
that future social and economic development is jeopardized.
For example, the US has effectively balkanized global banking by requiring all foreign banks operating there to become subsidiary companies and requiring international banks with US-dollar clearing accounts to comply fully with US tax, regulatory, and even, to some degree, foreign policy (for example, refraining from trading with US enemies).
For a good life, people need a
degree
of agency in their work.
There is certainly a
degree
of envy for what others have accomplished and a sense of desperation about how Al Qaeda can capitalize on this change.
With such federalization in the EU or, more likely, the smaller eurozone (within which the
degree
of integration is higher), policy conflicts would place elected national governments in opposition not to an opaque system, but to a politically legitimate federal institution.
A greater
degree
of stability in the assessment of an economy’s potential would strengthen decision-makers’ awareness and appreciation of longer-term challenges, thereby putting policymaking on a sounder footing.
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