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In terms of armed security action, he has developed a strong domestic intelligence and police service that is both efficient and brutal in its tactics.
Machines, it is true, are already more efficient than legal associates at searching for precedents.
Why do some societies achieve the compromises needed to sustain an independent judiciary and a modern regulatory framework – both necessary for an efficient modern economy – while others perpetuate a partisan, winner-take-all approach to governance that weakens public policy and erodes private-sector confidence?
Roughly a third, mesmerized by the meretricious appeal of the Efficient Market Hypothesis, argued that governments were the original sinners.
As a result, farmers are better able to get their goods to market before they perish, and to build more efficient irrigation systems, which save the global agricultural industry $8-22 billion annually.
If socialists can prove to be efficient capitalists, the Gnomes of Zurich will be happy to count the profits and let them stay in power.
Like all economic activity, it flourishes when property rights are respected, taxation is efficient and purposeful, letters of credit are honored, tariffs and other barriers are removed, and so forth.
Meanwhile, the labor market should be made more efficient and flexible, so that it can match people with the right jobs and reward them adequately.
The ruling PSD (Social Democrat) government is efficient, but has a worrying record of corruption, non-transparency, and of using its power to influence judicial decisions.
And, third, modernization of labor markets would lead to more efficient matching of workers’ skills and firms’ special needs in a context of growing heterogeneity.
There is little doubt that reducing the SOEs’ power would make the Chinese economy far more efficient and dynamic.
A classic case was Merkel’s veto of a proposal by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to fund refugee programs in Europe, North Africa, and Turkey through an issue of EU bonds, an efficient and low-cost idea also advanced by leading financiers such as George Soros.
I know that this is not exactly a new lesson, but it is what I have in mind when I think of efficient multilateralism.
The answer lies in recognizing that state capitalism is not about efficient allocation of economic resources, but about maximizing political control over society and the economy.
The state capitalism of the Greek Bronze Age or the Inca Empire was not motivated by economic inefficiency; nor did it necessarily create a more efficient economy.
The same message comes from computable general-equilibrium models of the global economy: even modestly freer trade helps domestic markets to become more efficient, and helps supply chains to become better integrated and transfer knowledge more readily, thereby spurring innovation.
Countries like Japan have agreed to let in more dairy products, sugar, beef, and rice from more efficient producers in countries like New Zealand and Australia.
Efficient transportation, quality health services, and broadband Internet access can help smaller cities attract investment in sectors that do not rely on agglomeration effects.
But, unlike the for-profit sector, the nonprofit world is not fluid and efficient, and nonprofits have no incentive to merge, particularly as some people would have to give up their board seats or leadership positions.
The problem with charities is that they have little incentive to become more efficient.
Confucian values are conducive to mass production of relatively simple manufactured products, but as Asian countries became efficient at making these, the value placed on them by world markets dropped.
As we made our precisely timed connections with ease, I wondered why so many other Western governments have deemed the public sector to be incapable of running an efficient railway system.
The country must develop a sensible pricing mechanism, establish fact-based and independent regulation, create an efficient and decentralized supply system, and implement incentives for conservation.
While this revision occurs, resources are diverted from production, which is less efficient and less well matched with consumer desires, resulting in a reduction in the value of output – a recession.
The key is to accept bad news: losses must be recognized before efficient realignment can occur.
In other words, such mental-training programs make participants more efficient and more focused, while improving their capacity to cope with stress.
As our cars, planes, buildings, and appliances all become more efficient, we continue to find new and creative ways to consume energy.
This is not to say that we should ignore opportunities to make energy more efficient, or that we should invest solely in RD&D at the expense of improvements to today’s grid.
Eighteen months ago, at the Tampere summit, EU leaders said that they recognised “the need for more efficient management of migration flows.”
Compact, well-connected cities that feature efficient public transportation systems – cities like Barcelona – are healthier and more sustainable.
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