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Great as they are, the costs are trivial in comparison to the
expense
of humanitarian aid, international military intervention, and reconstruction assistance.
At a time when capitalism increasingly seems to serve the interests of the few at the
expense
of the many, they should think about who would bear the blame if we were to start running out of effective antibiotics.
Greece cannot afford to address one of its deficits at the
expense
of the other.
All of this highlights a fundamental flaw in China’s external strategy: its efforts to use its increasingly powerful military to intimidate its neighbors come at the
expense
of its own long-term security.
That way, instead of allowing smugglers and exploitative employers to pocket billions at the
expense
of migrants, states can collect more taxes through formal employment.
Setting the table in this tripartite way dramatically changes the nature of the conversation, by focusing it on labor and other distributive issues that could be resolved within the business network, at the
expense
of addressing how to supply productivity-enhancing public goods that could benefit all stakeholders.
Although the proliferation of bilateral trade agreements around the world is a positive development, the global economy will suffer enormously if these deals end up coming at the
expense
of comprehensive agreements, which can do exponentially more to foster global growth.
For example, there has been undue emphasis on expanding high-speed-rail networks at the
expense
of maintaining existing tracks that are still widely used.
Cooperation with Russia, however useful and advisable, must not come at the
expense
of third parties and Western interests and unity.
The administration’s policy in Iraq is now strengthening Iran regionally at the
expense
of America’s Arab allies, undermining America’s own efforts to forge a Middle East peace, and weakening Iraq’s nascent democracy.
Whether one considers how to foster economic growth in diverse cultures, the moral questions raised when universities pursue self-interest at the
expense
of their students, or deeply personal issues concerning health care, marriage, and families, economic insights are necessary but insufficient.
But the G20 now needs to expand its scope, by recognizing that digital technologies are creating market outcomes that, if unchecked by a new World Competition Network, will continue to favor multinational firms at the
expense
of workers.
The gist of the Three Represents is not that the ruling party should protect the interests of capitalists at the
expense
of others, but that capitalists should not be automatically excluded from China's political process.
But those who argue that this will be achieved at the
expense
of China's working class need a reality check.
The bungalow was reconstructed accordingly, at great public expense, with new doorways and windows realigned to satisfy the pundit.
Such a move would be at the
expense
of NATO, which has institutionalized the US security umbrella for more than six decades.
But this would be discriminatory toward developing countries that do not have duty-free access, helping Pakistan at their
expense.
Natural-resource wealth insulates leaders from accountability, while offering them the prospect of significant personal financial gain at the
expense
of the rest of the country.
This has not happened in the past because EU governments have all scrambled to protect their own interests at the
expense
of the common good.
The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots has come at the
expense
of secular Arab nationalism and the military dictatorships that supported it.
They are an expression of our shared commitment that the pursuit of human development does not come at the
expense
of our natural world.
“The Paris agreement,” rants Trump, “handicaps the United States economy in order to win praise from the very foreign capitals and global activists that have long sought to gain wealth at our country’s expense.”
Higher public investment could play a positive role as well, though it should be primarily at the
expense
of public consumption.
Nevertheless, investors who switch from one “benchmark” to the other need to be aware of the extent to which the reduction in default risk comes at the
expense
of heightened exposure to currency risk.
Initial warning signs of a pandemic are most likely to appear in the developing world, but detection nodes should be positioned in every country, with the least possible
expense.
Rich countries could justify the
expense
in terms of the savings that would result from early detection of a major threat.
The chairman of a board must serve the interests of the company – often at the
expense
of its competitors.
But WTO membership does not come at the
expense
of agriculture, for it promises to erode rather than reinforce the peasantry's legacy of discrimination and powerlessness.
If the world can dispense justice only at the
expense
of the weak and to the advantage of the strong, it should stick to the older tools of crime prevention: force and negotiation, and leave justice out of it.
This is not just theory; it is a lesson we learned, at great expense, during the Savings & Loan crisis of the 1980’s.
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