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Then foregoing landing fees is tantamount to giving Ryanair state aid - the presumption being that the lost revenue must be coming at the
expense
of Belgian taxpayers.
But the country’s new leaders do not wish to pursue growth at the
expense
of structural adjustment, which has been delayed for too long.
Moreover, in recent decades, profits have risen not only at the
expense
of wages, but also with much more accruing to finance, insurance, and real estate compared to other sectors.
Trump’s hope of cooperating more closely with Russia at the
expense
of US allies also went unrealized, and the official US position in the Ukrainian conflict has not changed.
If Bhutto had not been assassinated and, instead, successfully became prime minister, she would likely have clashed with Musharraf over his arbitrary empowerment of the presidency at the
expense
of the premiership.
Nor were there good reasons for a lot of other bad decisions, such as allowing the financial industry to profit by convincing investors to bear risks they should not and allowing health-care providers to profit from administration at the
expense
of the care and treatment of the sick.
To be sure, central banks technically should do whatever it takes to meet their inflation targets; but excessive quantitative easing has imposed high costs, and seems to have favored the few at the
expense
of the many.
Moreover, it is only a localized effort at rebalancing a global intellectual-property (IP) regime that is tilted heavily toward pharmaceutical interests at the
expense
of social welfare.
First, there are “beggar-thy-neighbor” policies, whereby a country derives an economic benefit at the
expense
of other countries.
As a result, a group of lucky bondholders would be bailed out at the
expense
of those that became junior to IMF debt and remained highly exposed to a likely restructuring.
In short, sons represent income and daughters an
expense.
For example, India could enforce a ceiling on wedding expenditure – typically a father’s biggest
expense
associated with his daughter.
Too many people think of economics as a zero-sum game, and that China’s success is coming at the
expense
of the rest of the world.
Such reforms include the elimination of nationality-based hiring; adjustments to representation, with emerging economies gaining more influence at the
expense
of Europe; and more equality and evenhandedness in lending and economic-surveillance decisions.
But America is paying a high price as well: other countries, even poor developing countries, like Haiti and Ecuador, seem to have learned (often at great
expense
and only after some huge calamities) how to manage natural disasters better.
Sending people for two-year degrees at their own
expense
is not the answer.
Such groups work politically to bring benefits to their members, but the benefits can come at the
expense
of the general welfare – and in India they have blocked the development of low-skilled industries and high-quality infrastructure.
The 1990’s produced a demeaning narrative of women waiting in frustration as their “biological clocks” ticked, cursing themselves for putting career first at the
expense
of finding Mr. Right and having children.
It seems clear that it will not, unless the government decides to inject massive fiscal resources into YPF at the
expense
of other pressing needs.
At best, we can combine two of the three, but always at the
expense
of one.
The automobile market was rescued in 2009 at the
expense
of sales in 2010 and subsequent years.
But at a time when the foundations of the global order are shifting at Europe’s expense, marginal reforms will not suffice, and Germany has neither set out its own vision of a stronger Europe, nor shown a willingness to take action and make the necessary investments.
Large inflows appreciate currencies, reduce competitiveness, and destroy jobs; sudden outflows cause those appreciated currencies to crash, bankrupting local financial institutions and requiring costly bailouts at taxpayers’
expense.
Eventually, the books must be balanced, and this will probably happen at the
expense
of future social spending.
State subsidies and transfers have boosted private incomes, but often at the
expense
of investment in transport, security, and utilities.
Across Europe, risk avoidance seems to be the order of the day, even at the
expense
of the common interest and NATO solidarity.
It won’t succeed if some countries persistently run deficits and weaken their competitiveness at the
expense
of the euro’s stability.
In some cases, even if motives are mixed, the prospects of success are reasonable, and the misery of a population can be relieved at modest
expense.
This is particularly important because of the tendency of financial markets to induce short-sighted politicians to loosen today’s budget constraints, or to lend to flagrantly corrupt governments such as the fallen Yanukovych regime in Ukraine, at the
expense
of future generations.
Livni is also an unpretentious person, not quite as ascetic as Menachem Begin and David Ben Gurion, but far humbler than Israel’s last four prime ministers, all men of sturdy egos and large
expense
accounts.
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