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But the real question is not whether inflation closer to 2% would be
desirable.
A pitfall to be avoided here comes in sweetening the deal by converting a government monopoly into a private monopoly - which may be an improvement but falls far short of the
desirable
outcome.
In addition, the European Parliament’s detachment from national political debates means that it has less political legitimacy than is
desirable.
A weak, partitioned Afghanistan may not be a
desirable
outcome; but a “soft” partition now would be far better than a “hard” partition later, after years of chaos and bloodletting – and infinitely better than the medieval Taliban’s return to power and a fresh reign of terror.
Such parties can help to integrate the extremes into the political mainstream, while facilitating alternation in power, which is essential to any democracy’s dynamism; a system in which a large centrist party remained permanently in power would be far less
desirable.
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.
But when are deficits desirable, and when are they damaging?
A
desirable
vision for the future of humanity must appeal to universally shared conceptions of justice and equity.
There is no doubt that productivity growth is
desirable.
Inasmuch as productivity growth – and, in turn, GDP and income growth – advances these societal objectives, it is highly
desirable.
Finally, the move toward open data serves a variety of socially
desirable
ends, ranging from the reuse of publicly funded research to support work on poverty, inclusion, or discrimination, to the disclosure by corporations such as Nike of their supply-chain data and environmental impact.
Apart from being a
desirable
end in itself, female empowerment leads to lower birth rates and child mortality, better education for children, higher female participation in the labor market and politics (and, with it, better representation of women’s concerns), and the alleviation of poverty, especially in developing countries.
To be sure, there will always be a certain amount of inequality in the world; in fact, as with unemployment, a limited amount is
desirable
as a driver of competition and growth.
Moreover, it will also give the new Central Asian States trade routes outside the borders of Russia, a perhaps
desirable
option for states keen to secure their independence.
People’s discomfort with the findings stemmed largely from faulty intuition: if earlier and more frequent screening increases the likelihood of detecting a possibly fatal cancer, then more screening is always
desirable.
It is neither
desirable
nor feasible for China to return to the trajectory of 10% annual growth that it achieved in the three decades after 1980.
Mechanisms emerge to enable a larger part of the population to participate in what is deemed
desirable
but, until now, had been hard to access.
So Pope Francis was right: despite capitalism’s undoubted success as a system for generating economic growth, we cannot rely on market forces alone to generate
desirable
social outcomes.
Two of Snow's predecessors, John Connally and James Baker, followed a similar quest for politically
desirable
exchange rates.
Many, but not all, developing and emerging-market countries took steps to implement these
desirable
policies.
First, he would devise a comprehensive set of economic-policy initiatives that are both feasible and
desirable
– and, again, the scope for major differences here is limited.
So an independent fiscal authority modeled along the lines of an independent central bank is neither feasible nor
desirable.
Reducing unemployment is desirable, of course, but many terrorists do not come from poverty.
Income tax cuts to stimulate demand for labor and investment are desirable, given high rates in Europe's largest economies.
That depends on the specific characteristics of the country involved, in particular whether it has a major trading partner that has established a good record for stable monetary policy and so provides a
desirable
currency to link to.
Of course, after several years of unfettered credit expansion, some retrenchment was necessary and desirable, and Tigar probably overextended itself.
The ordoliberal emphasis on personal responsibility fostered an unreasoning hostility to the idea that actions that are individually responsible do not automatically produce
desirable
aggregate outcomes.
While large deficits are usually undesirable, sometimes they can be benign or even desirable, such as in recession, wartime, or when used to finance productive public investment.
Any sensible international trade regime must start from the recognition that it is neither feasible nor
desirable
to restrict the policy space countries have to design their own economic and social models.
In the process, my ideas about
desirable
ends and means are confronted with and tested against those of my fellow citizens.
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