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Whenever we are encouraged to oppose a dictator, the specter of Adolf Hitler is invoked, and the ghosts of 1938 are resurrected to counter skepticism about hasty “preemptive” war.
Keeping interest rates low discouraged capital inflows and encouraged asset-price inflation.
Perhaps, but can’t children be encouraged to do things because they are intrinsically worthwhile, rather than because of fear of parental disapproval?
The Case of Myrna Mack: Laying out Guatemala's CrimesInternational pressure encouraged Guatemala to become a democracy and also supported the 1996 Peace Accords that ended our decades long civil war.
Encouraged by her mother, Ms. Watanabe set her sights on new shores.
The phased exit encouraged Pakistani generals to play hardball.
And other parts of the economy that provide services to the financial sector – Porsche dealers and strip clubs, for example – will be similarly encouraged.
Greece’s troubles have encouraged some to wonder aloud if the euro zone can survive its growing internal imbalances.
At the same time, inefficient, wasteful, and incompetent companies – especially those that are generating high levels of pollution, depleting natural resources, and creating excess capacity – should be encouraged to exit the market, with modern and innovative companies taking their place.
Easy credit before the crisis encouraged over-investment in those sectors, such as housing, that were thought to be profitable.
Developing countries, long encouraged or even compelled to export and otherwise embrace globalization, have been abruptly told to switch course: to produce for the domestic market and to import more.
Deng Xiaoping, "the grand architect" of China's economic reforms, encouraged his people "to seek truth from facts."
And, because fossil fuels will remain part of the continent’s energy mix, the oil sector must be encouraged to clean up its own act.
As in Russia, where gays and other minorities have been officially targeted, America’s disenchanted are being encouraged to harass and demonize already marginalized groups.
I was encouraged recently to read about Simphiwe Dludlu, a female player who has become one of South Africa’s top sports personalities.
I was, however, encouraged to learn that in South Africa, women of my mother’s generation have been playing in a soccer league for five years.
For this reason, we are particularly encouraged by Goal 10 of the SDGs, with its commitment to reducing inequality within and among countries, as well as the focus on gender equality throughout the goals.
Similarly, renminbi internationalization should be encouraged rather than resisted.
But where its policies promise economic benefits for other countries, as in the case of infrastructure finance through the AIIB and the Silk Road initiative, they should be encouraged.
Instead, Saudi authorities treated Iraq’s leaders with contempt and closed their eyes to Wahhabi fatwas that encouraged jihadi volunteers to fight against the Shia “apostates.”
Given the benefits, one might expect such developments to be universally lauded and encouraged.
Instead, US farmers should be encouraged to shift to other crops, such as sesame, with the government sharing the cost of replacement machinery needed to cultivate and harvest them.
Every victim was encouraged to tell his story and the defendant listened.
With every rally, he is encouraged by mass audiences to refine his ideas to meet their self-perceived emotional needs, which he in turn politicizes through social media.
But while we have good reason to be encouraged by recent progress, we must not become complacent in our efforts to defeat malaria.
As premiums rise, even more relatively healthy individuals will be encouraged to forego insurance until illness strikes, causing average costs and premiums to rise further.
Encouraged by a religiously influenced administration, school systems are shifting their focus from science to “values.”
It is not that we should feel nothing; but we should be encouraged to think more and to prevent the wound rather than pay for the Band-Aid.
We encouraged research-based policies, even when that research was critical of policies being pushed by certain advanced industrial countries and by some in the Bank.
The state’s continued dependence on resource revenues has entrenched corruption, sustained autocracy, and encouraged foreign-policy adventurism as a substitute for broad-based material prosperity.
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