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Reforming Macho PoliticsLatin America’s democracies range from those that are models for the world – Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay – to those like Guatemala, Haiti, and Venezuela that are so weak that calling them democracies is
dubious.
What was portrayed during the election campaign as a long-term measure, however dubious, is now portrayed as the medicine needed to keep America’s economy growing in the short run.
The interests of patients should come first, but when it is
dubious
that continued treatment is in a patient’s interests and there is no way to find out what the patients wants, or would have wanted, it is reasonable to consider other factors, including the views of the family and the cost to the community.
Economic sanctions alone are
dubious
against the world’s most sanctioned country.
But many observers are skeptical about China’s official GDP data and
dubious
of its ability to sustain 6.5% growth.
The dominance of processing trade in China – the import of raw materials and components and the export of finished goods – makes the effectiveness of devaluation even more
dubious.
In fact, many of the “federalist” arguments look dubious: in particular, there is no single European social model.
The benefits have become more dubious, while the costs and risks have grown increasingly evident.
In fact, the US fails to achieve a single green ranking for any of the 17 SDGs, sharing this
dubious
honor with only Greece, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Spain, and Turkey, among OECD nations.
Moreover, the American public’s willingness to become enmeshed in yet another risky military venture, when boosting homeland security could suffice, is dubious, at best.
Europe’s history is one of the concepts of salvation, freedom, progress and humanity, but also of conquest, plunder, colonization, including the export of such
dubious
articles as one I experienced -- communist ideology.
But if voters think the alternative is no border controls, or a wave of
dubious
asylum claims, they will side with Trump in the end.
Yes, there are significant cost-of-living differences that make direct comparisons dubious, and, yes, poverty is as much a social condition as an economic one, at least in advanced economies; but the general point that inequality between countries swamps inequality within countries is a very powerful one.
But the program remains legally dubious, as it creates a massive shadow budget financed by borrowing that will operate parallel to the EU and national budgets, thereby placing a substantial risk-sharing burden on taxpayers.
In this context, the decision to retain the CFA franc, a freely convertible common currency that is pegged to the euro at a significantly overvalued exchange rate, is
dubious.
Once it became clear that Assad would not go down without a fight, the Obama administration limited its efforts to secure his departure to public shaming – a tactic with a
dubious
track record when it comes to dictators.
The West has “lied to us many times, made decisions behind our backs, placed before us a fait accompli,” Putin said in a televised address, shortly after a
dubious
referendum in Crimea cemented Russia’s control over the region.
At the international level, the Nuremberg model remains available to generate further trials, though under the
dubious
conditions that victorious powers sometimes impose liability for crimes, such as “crimes against humanity” that were are not properly defined at the time they are committed.
And the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, long positioned as a beacon of virtue in a sector known for its ethically
dubious
behavior, has been accused of bribery, tax fraud, price fixing, and improper research practices.
The Japanese government, for its part, has followed such a relentless policy of deficit spending that public debt jumped from 67% of GDP to 246% of GDP today, with the latest upward push provided by the
dubious
“Abenomics” economic strategy being pursued by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government.
At the same time, foreign expeditions and their leaders must see their role as more than “providing jobs” – a morally
dubious
outlook at best.
Housing bubbles and investments in
dubious
projects result in a waste of resources and a misallocation of capital that ultimately dampens potential growth.
But whether monetary union on such a large scale was necessary to achieve this goal is
dubious.
Today, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is in jail on
dubious
sodomy charges; the government has passed legislation that essentially authorizes it to detain critics indefinitely; and Prime Minister Najib Razak remains embroiled in multiple economic and political scandals.
Big enterprises pay ever more of their taxes in real money rather than in promissory notes of
dubious
value.
Kem Sokha, who co-headed the main opposition group, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested in September on
dubious
treason charges.
This strategy’s long-term sustainability is dubious, owing to the strain that it will put on Russia’s public finances.
Though the economy was at full employment, they rebelled against the status quo in the name of
dubious
utopias inspired by Fidel Castro’s Cuba and Mao’s China.
If America’s debts had truly become less trustworthy, they would have been even more
dubious
before the agreement reached on August 2 by Congress and President Barack Obama to raise the government’s debt ceiling.
To be sure, excessive zeal in denouncing Israel, and cheap comparisons between Israeli violence and Nazi mass murder, betray a
dubious
urge to throw off the burdens of guilt.
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