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Prompted by civic passivity, political parties not only came to dominate every aspect of Czech life but engaged in
dubious
practices that increased cynicism and public passivity.
Yet, as stressed above, barring a miraculous surge in national saving, this is highly
dubious.
In fact, the
dubious
notion that we should select economic activities based on their presumed technical innovativeness has been carried even further, in support of the argument that we should favor semiconductor chips over potato chips.
As the millennium comes to its close, the Periclean, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment identification of excellence in the arts and in their reception with political-social decency and progress looks to be
dubious.
That firewall, together with press censorship, enables China’s leaders to conceal their failures and highlight their achievements, however
dubious.
Beneath ostensibly pragmatic motivations lies
dubious
rent-seeking by the group Samuel Coleridge referred to as the “clerisy” – those who live from creating, preserving, and disseminating the national culture.
Yet the actual impact of such technology on voter participation remains
dubious.
Unsurprisingly, Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms are
dubious
about the “Volcker rules.”
The expectation that the benefits will “trickle down” to the middle and lower classes is highly
dubious.
And they are more
dubious
than confident.
Indeed, the lack of restrictions has enabled
dubious
journalistic practices to flourish.
Allowing European debt problems to fester and grow by sweeping them under the carpet through
dubious
theatrics can only make those problems worse.
Commercial television programs aimed at children are replete with advertising for processed foods of
dubious
value to human health.
Perhaps - but Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria are dubious; even more so the idea of Russia as part of this new Europe.
Most of the research on brain implants uses nonhuman animals, and the decades of harm inflicted on monkeys and other animals make it ethically
dubious.
Within a month of taking office, Trump’s administration has already employed shock tactics to paralyze and distract the electorate, while antagonizing allies, provoking enemies, and creating new alliances with
dubious
partners.
And, though unconventional measures have reduced financial instability, their effectiveness in countering widespread deflationary pressures or restoring growth remains
dubious.
Putin is not seen as the bad guy, he is seen as a Russian ruler disciplining a
dubious
business-political interest.
But whether bucking revealed preferences embedded in private and public investment choices would make us individually and collectively “better off” is dubious, at best.
Striking the frontrunner from the ballot for relatively minor misdeeds relating to a highly politicized case is an excessive and
dubious
maneuver that is likely to disappoint and even enrage the millions of Brazilians who still venerate Lula.
Whether “democracy” will ensue is much more
dubious.
Granted, socialist era measures had flaws: they were often coercive; elements of "positive" discrimination built into them may have harmed women; the quality and the hidden ideological agenda of child care institutions were
dubious.
While some argue that humanitarian intervention is never justified without approval by the United Nations Security Council, the UN Charter itself provides a
dubious
foundation for this view.
Not only is its professional capacity dubious, as the NECU study highlighted; its independence has been dramatically curtailed by the government’s recent decision to reduce significantly regulatory obligations for businesses and state-owned companies (except with regard to taxation).
Some on the left, motivated in part by revulsion against financial types who are thought to reap unjustified incomes, have joined forces with conventional economists, whose almost religious belief in their models has blinded them to the harm their
dubious
economic theory can do to the real economy and the interests of ordinary people.
In view of these systemic weaknesses, China’s ability to overcome its labor deficit by shifting to an innovation- and productivity-driven economy remains
dubious.
The historical accuracy of Padmavati’s story is dubious: no contemporary account of Khilji’s attack on Chittorgarh, including by historians accompanying his forces, mentions the queen.
With global trade already significantly freed up – and with incomes already stagnant or falling – claims that new FTAs will boost incomes are dubious, at best.
The euro was the most audacious of those symbols – a construct of
dubious
economic value, with well-documented fragilities.
But, given that the sincerity of China’s “one country, two systems” rhetoric remained dubious, I could offer only the affirmation that all would be well if China’s government kept its promises.
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