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Once the bill is reconciled with the House version and Trump signs it into law, big business and the very rich will benefit at the
expense
of the poor and vulnerable.
Turing’s attempt to profit at the
expense
of those suffering from HIV has clearly shown that regulators and drug manufacturers need to explore new ways of doing business.
Had BP spilled hundreds of billions of barrels of bitumen across hundreds of square kilometers, environmentalists would rightly demand that no
expense
be spared to rid the dirt of every trace of oil.
The message is that any peace agreement can only come at the
expense
of Palestinian rights.
These are impressive figures, and the
expense
is trivial compared to the anti-retroviral drugs needed to treat AIDS, which cost more than $200 annually and must be taken every day, not every year.
While America’s military power was sufficient to defeat Saddam Hussein’s forces quickly, it did so at the
expense
of its attractiveness in many countries.
The Yugoslav army would have been integrated into NATO’s military system and unable to be used by a reckless Serb leader to gain territory at the
expense
of the other republics.
France would be off the reform hook, of course, but at the
expense
of Germany, which would face unwanted inflationary pressures.
Globalization, immigration, and cosmopolitanism have served the interests of a highly educated minority, but sometimes at the
expense
of less privileged people.
But, as GIPS’ central-bank lending came at the
expense
of central-bank lending within the eurozone’s exporting countries, the policy amounted to a forced capital export from these countries to the GIPS.
Greater health and safety, however, should not (and need not) come at the
expense
of developing countries, whose citizens want the fruits of prosperity that developed countries’ citizens have long enjoyed.
“America first” – whether it comes at the
expense
of China or via the so-called border-tax equalization that appears to be a central feature of proposed corporate tax reforms – will unwind many of the efficiencies of global supply chains that hold down consumer-goods prices in the US (think Wal-Mart).
China’s leaders finally seem to have recognized that unless the country ends up in a full-blown war that threatens its national security, they have little reason to continue to subsidize state-owned enterprises at the
expense
of private firms.
And labor-hoarding was encouraged at the
expense
of productivity and profitability.
Theirs is a model that favors the strong and punishes the weak, and that rewards competitors at the
expense
of cooperators.
Despite these risks, many British politicians believe that they can satisfy voters at the
expense
of “Europe,” perpetuating the idea that ties with the EU – a supposedly homogeneous foreign entity – amount to little more than a disposable convenience.
Moreover, anti-American powers – Hezbollah, Iran, Russia, and Turkey – have taken Trump’s divisive decision as an opportunity to enhance their own regional influence, at the
expense
of the US and its allies.
Much as Austria’s alignment with Germany drove the Slavs to seek Russian patronage at the
expense
of imperial unity, European alignments with Russia drive the new members to seek US patronage at the
expense
of EU unity.
These four surprises highlight the need for China to move beyond mainstream economics, which emphasizes top-down macro policies, at the
expense
of the micro, institutional, and municipal-level reforms.
Another reason for rising corruption is the soaring
expense
of elections, with politicians raising money from business as part of a quid pro quo.
Countries like Germany, Finland, and the Netherlands are right to argue that rapid progress cannot come at the
expense
of the new supervisory structure’s quality.
Moreover, these countries’ pursuit of their commercial interests could come at the
expense
of EU procurement rules.
We cannot escape – and therefore must confront – the dilemma that gains from trade sometimes come at the
expense
of strains on domestic social arrangements.
But who is Medvedev to amass riches at the people’s
expense?
As a result, many simply learned to manage their companies’ short-term share price at the
expense
of attention to their products and customers.
The latter would be credible only if carried out by the ECB, at the
expense
of its mandate.
The generic price is still a huge
expense
for people living on a few dollars a day; but, unlike the US price, it is manageable for many governments and aid organizations.
But how long can anyone be expected to support “God and guns” at the
expense
of “bread and butter”?
But it often does so at the
expense
of other workers who are displaced when companies, competing on a cutthroat international stage, move jobs elsewhere.
He and other expatriates were “pursuing our careers at our children’s expense,” and he concluded that it was “unethical for those who have a choice to willingly raise children here.”
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