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But their main effect may be an
erosion
of reasoned debate and civil conduct, without which democracy is powerless against the forces of polarization and extremism.
Avoiding budget deficits, as Germany is now seeking to do, will be of no benefit to future generations if the price is the
erosion
of the main foundation of our prosperity: a peaceful and prosperous Europe.
The
erosion
of animal spirits feeds on itself.
Numerous flaws and points of
erosion
in existing collective security structures have been revealed over the past year.
The
erosion
of civics education in schools, the shuttering of local newspapers – and the consequent decline in the public’s understanding of issues and the political process – conspire to create fertile ground for the sowing of disinformation.
The development of regulatory frameworks that encourage competition would also help, as would limiting tax-base
erosion.
But US policy choices are responsible for the
erosion
of America’s competitiveness.
Is the
erosion
of the middle really inevitable?
Unsurprisingly, the 2012 Afrobarometer survey indicates a sharp
erosion
of public confidence.
They played a tremendous role in the
erosion
of the Soviet system."
Obama inherited a fraught foreign policy agenda: a global economic crisis, twodifficult wars,
erosion
of the nuclear non-proliferation regime by North Korea and Iran, and deterioration of the Middle East peace process.
Income shifting and the resulting
erosion
of domestic tax bases pose serious challenges, and countries with territorial systems have adopted tough countermeasures to combat them.
A modern territorial system with adequate safeguards against income-shifting and base
erosion
is the right approach to taxing the foreign earnings of US MNCs.
At the end of the century, the structural forces of global economic change caused the
erosion
of the Soviet superpower, and Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempts at reform accelerated the Soviet Union’s collapse.
For example, conservation agriculture, which aims to reduce or eliminate the need for damaging and labor-intensive interventions like mechanical soil tillage, can increase yields while protecting vulnerable areas from
erosion
and improving soil fertility.
Israel’s blunders did, of course, play a role in the
erosion
of its alliance with Turkey.
When countries use trade to impose their institutional preferences on others, the result is
erosion
of trade's legitimacy.
Children are also collateral damage, which stems from the relentless
erosion
of the laws and norms designed to protect civilians in conflict zones.
Their country will be thrown into tumult, just like Venezuela has been, owing to the rapid
erosion
of democratic institutions.
But the inflation that accompanies it will produce a steeper and larger
erosion
of real wealth invested in nominal bonds.
Their response to this
erosion
is to raise the dollar prices of their exports wherever they can.
Now, however, the economic tumult shaking Europe, the
erosion
of the middle class in the West, and the growing social inequalities worldwide are undermining capitalism’s claim to universal triumph.
One challenge is the need to arrest the
erosion
of America’s relative power, which in turn requires comprehensive domestic renewal, including fiscal consolidation.
It is time for the world to embed resilience to disasters into the industrialization process and the development of towns and cities, accounting for factors like seismic threats, flood plains, coastal erosion, and environmental degradation.
Yet the
erosion
of democratic ideals can hardly be blamed solely on Trump; after all, America’s human-rights record is far from unblemished.
Examples of how this can be done include terracing to prevent soil loss and degradation through
erosion
and flooding; radically reducing tillage; rotating crops and applying natural fertilizers – manure, compost, or mulch – to improve soil structure and fertility; and integrating trees with crops and livestock in agro-forestry systems.
The result has been a severe
erosion
of state capacity.
In both countries, the institutions that could help domestic actors to benefit from market integration are being undermined – to say nothing of citizens’ rights and opportunities – even as the illiberal regimes causing this
erosion
continue to receive EU funds.
But if the restructuring of Europe is to become possible, member governments will, for the first time, have to start talking seriously about an explicit re-adjustment of the political bargain in the European Union, in ways in which voters and citizens will believe that they are being compensated in political coin, for the
erosion
of the influence of the traditional political structures of the nation states.
Activists continue to mount vocal and tenacious opposition to genetically engineered foods, despite almost 20 years of demonstrated, significant benefits, including reduced use of chemical pesticides (and thus less chemical runoff into waterways), greater use of farming practices that prevent soil erosion, higher profits for farmers, and less fungal contamination.
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