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The Blurry Frontiers of Economic PolicyMILAN – Around the world, policies, technologies, and extended learning processes have combined to erode barriers to economic interaction among countries.
One recent study suggests that free trade increases income inequality, and the cost of redistribution could erode upwards of 20% of the gains.
Given that central banks are likely to continue to pursue multiple objectives for a long time, their independence will continue to erode.
If Russia’s strategy aims to erode the Union by focusing on bilateral relations, the EU’s priority should be to institutionalize the Union as Russia’s negotiating partner.
“We originally thought that it would be mostly about information,” says Brydon, “and that the free answers would erode the revenue opportunities.
And increasing rewards for those at the increasingly sharp peak of the income distribution have not called forth enough enterprising market competition to erode that peak.
The British cannot continue to pursue negotiating tactics that erode the foundations of the very system from which they expect to benefit.
Fourth, America’s decision to back extremists in Syria contradicts its “war on terrorism” and will erode international support for it.
As bad politics block economic opportunity, public trust in governments will continue to erode – with serious potential consequences for political systems, and the economies they administer, worldwide.
The gradual marginalization of the WTO would also erode its credibility in fulfilling its key role as adjudicator of trade disputes.
But this is the wrong way to go, for it might serve only to erode one of the few effective mechanisms in place to make multilateral agreements binding.
Yes, drugs erode people’s freedom.
Since the least skilled workers face morale problems that lower their wages and erode their employability, it makes sense to deliver the mutual gain that is redistributed to them through subsidies that encourage greater self-support and employment.
Some, indeed, suggest that the EU often acts to erode the welfare state.
The lesson of Chennai is that we cannot let more construction, urbanization, and manufacturing erode our natural resilience to familiar monsoon weather events.
And why do the latter not erode the political power of the former?
For politicians to say one thing now when everyone knows they will soon say the opposite is guaranteed to erode trust in Europe’s leaders.
Suppose that as long as a version of this deal is the only game in town, the creeping physical expansion of the Israeli state and the demographic expansion of Israeli Arabs will continue to erode its foundation.
That contract in Arab countries started to erode at the turn of the century, when governments with inflated budgets and bloated bureaucracies could no longer provide an adequate supply of basic services such as health care and education, create a sufficient number of jobs, or sustain food and fuel subsidies.
A visit by Obama that fails to address Malaysia’s fundamental political and economic challenges will erode America’s standing further.
These measures are popular with the country’s citizens, indicating that there is no reason that democratization would erode Singapore’s anti-corruption efforts.
To be sure, this risk was more acute when a larger number of emerging-economy currencies were pegged to the US dollar, which meant that a significant shift in the dollar’s value would weaken other countries’ balance-of-payments position and erode their international reserves, thereby undermining their creditworthiness.
Now, in response to global challenges – for example, pandemics, financial crises, and climate change – the vast majority of Asian countries understand that collective action does not erode but instead protects sovereignty.
Hence, such a move would probably be enough to restore much of the AKP’s lost support and to calm opponents who fear that their personal freedoms will continue to erode under its governance.
Ferguson believes that a doubling of public debt in the coming decade cannot erode US strength on its own, but that it could weaken a long-assumed faith in America’s ability to weather any crisis.
China was cited as the main challenger to “American power, influence, and interests,” an adversary that is “attempting to erode American security and prosperity.”
Anti-elite sentiment continues to erode intra-European solidarity and mutual trust, and the EU has become mired in a prolonged bout of slow growth and high unemployment.
During the Cold War, the West used hard power to deter Soviet aggression, while it used soft power to erode faith in Communism behind the iron curtain.
The US is still in a position to lead the world, but, without far-sighted leadership, its relative position is likely to continue to erode.
His election will further erode Pax Americana, already battered by a succession of foolish wars.
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