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Coupled with this is a zero-sum view of the world, in which any Chinese gain in the share of the global economy, or any increased presence in many parts of the world, must be at the
expense
of the US or other powers.
But governments, fearing the
expense
of wage insurance if a lot of people exploit it, have not been willing to implement it on a large scale.
That may be part of the story, but competition for talent and for customers seems intense between investment banks and others, yet they have collectively been extravagantly rewarded at the
expense
of those customers.
Liberal democracy is also being undermined by a tendency to emphasize “liberal” at the
expense
of “democracy.”
Sensing potential gains at taxpayers’ expense, foreign hedge funds rushed in to take advantage.
This is the case for the EU today, which helps member countries get the most beneficial deals for their own citizens, not at the
expense
of global partnerships, but in order to establish the best basis for such partnerships.
Even worse, social-media algorithms tend to amplify the most extreme material at the
expense
of more credible sources.
Clearly, some of the growth in 2004 was due to provisions that encouraged investment in that year—when it mattered for electoral politics—at the
expense
of 2005.
While Chancellor Angela Merkel has continued to press for cooperative migration and refugee policies within the European Union, a growing chorus of voices in Germany is advocating unilateral action that would most likely come at the
expense
of other EU member states.
This system comes at considerable costs to the Russian economy, favoring rent-seeking at the
expense
of productivity growth.
They complain about year-long waits for eye operations and hip surgery--a direct result of a Social Democratic reform of 1994 that abolished the right of patients to seek alternative care at public
expense
if they are not treated within three months by their regional council.
Part of the reason for this, at least in the US, is that the Democratic Party’s embrace of identity politics (highlighting inclusiveness along lines of gender, race, and sexual orientation) and other socially liberal causes came at the
expense
of the bread-and-butter issues of incomes and jobs.
The US push for China to let the renminbi appreciate was “a devious attempt” to sustain the “enormous benefits” the US derived, at China’s expense, from the fixed exchange rate.
But it is he who most likely will be remembered as the fool – a bungling, capricious leader whose attacks on China only made that economy stronger, at least partly at America’s
expense.
Seeing their options for passage narrowing, they put themselves at the mercy of unscrupulous smugglers, often at enormous
expense.
While members of the new middle-class appreciate economic progress, they no longer want it to come at the
expense
of political rights.
For most French, the traditional parties have come to symbolize a lack of transparency, chronic unethical behavior, and a focus on internal party fights at the
expense
of the national interest.
If successful, the Shanghai market could trigger a shift of payments for other traded commodities as well – all at the dollar’s
expense.
By creating a counterweight to the German-Russian Nord Stream project, which bolsters Russia’s energy monopoly in Europe at the
expense
of European solidarity, Poland’s initiative also represents the country’s own bid for regional leadership.
The vultures showed no scruples in profiting at the
expense
of Argentine taxpayers.
So its trade surplus continues to soar at the
expense
of other countries.
Investors suspect such phenomenal growth was achieved at Gazprom’s
expense.
Yet it would be dangerous to redress past imbalances solely at the
expense
of traditional beneficiaries, especially because they remain powerful enough to derail the peace process.
Action to address climate change, participants argue, is being pursued at the
expense
of those least able to bear the cost.
So when the British came to terms with this harsh reality, they played out the lamentable end-game of their management of the negotiations with small-minded cheese-paring and logic-chopping offers, all designed primarily to safeguard narrow British interests, mainly at the
expense
of the new member states.
At the heart of Shell's oil reserves scandal is the desire for profit and the elaborate mechanisms that it nurtured in collaboration with corrupt military dictators over the years to ensure that its operations yield enormous dividends at the
expense
of ordinary Nigerians.
First, investors who could not use the tax deductions had to go to considerable
expense
to “monetize” the credits.
But climate models demonstrate that Germany’s $156 billion
expense
will delay warming by just one hour at the end of the century.
At the beginning of June, the RCB’s governor, Sergei Ignatyev, admitted not only that this year’s inflation target would be missed, but also that the RCB is not prepared to pursue inflation targets at the
expense
of a competitive exchange rate.
But a few “vulture” funds – most notoriously the hedge fund Elliott Management, headed by the billionaire Paul E. Singer – saw Argentina’s travails as an opportunity to make huge profits at the
expense
of the Argentine people.
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