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Smart trade creates balanced development, while polarizing trade rewards a small circle of winners at the
expense
of the many.
By contrast, the US, in the face of slow growth, was content to sustain exceptionally high levels of consumption at the
expense
of personal savings, inflating a massive housing bubble that burst with a very large and deeply disturbing bang.
But it is not in America’s interest to accentuate and extend its payment deficits at the
expense
of an internationally competitive economy with strong industry and restrained consumption.
Al-Maliki sought to protect the interests of Iraq’s Shia at the
expense
of its Sunni citizens, appointing military leaders based on their tribal and sectarian affiliations rather than their merit.
Given that older long-term unemployed workers are unlikely to find another job in the private sector, we believe it is well worth the limited
expense
to upgrade them from unemployed to active workers.
Bank losses have already occurred, and their gains must now come at taxpayers’
expense.
But their increase in shares need not come at the
expense
of the US.
In earlier times, such controversies were decided by political authorities, which used military force to impose one particular point of view at the
expense
of all others.
From the German point of view, France only wants to solve its national budget and debt problems at Germany’s expense, simultaneously weakening Germany’s competitiveness.
The fact that companies in these sectors benefit from operating close to one another may boost economic development at the
expense
of peripheral regions.
Policies intended to benefit one country's economy at the
expense
of another, such as competitive devaluations, were widespread during the Great Depression of the 1930's.
Wage suppression, financial repression, and an undervalued exchange rate subsidize exports and production, at the
expense
of households, which are thus compelled to save, weakening domestic demand.
Low interest rates help to contain the cost of sterilization at the national level and reduce costs at the firm level – again at the
expense
of households.
While states once enforced their rights at the
expense
of others, they now transfer their rights in favor of others.
Tax policy has favored debt accumulation by households at the
expense
of saving, and a significant productivity slowdown is affecting US international competitiveness.
But, to what extent is Europe preoccupied with “perpetual peace” at the
expense
of its current, vastly different ailments?
With no limit, profligate countries could go on a spending spree at the
expense
of thriftier ones.
Indeed, the current economic rebound is not an achievement worthy of much celebration, especially if it comes at the
expense
of further reform and structural adjustment.
But other countries – including neighboring Asian economies – fear that Japan is devaluing the yen to bolster exports and growth at their
expense.
Their lobbying, which is carried out at the
expense
of their companies, is subsidized by their shareholders.
The Bush Administration appears to believe that Russia and America are playing a "zero sum" game: that every diplomatic triumph Russia may have, no matter how minor, comes at American
expense.
This increased domestic focus at the
expense
of foreign investments is compounded by a contraction in assets under management during times of crisis.
None of this catching up was a perfidious trick against the US or at its
expense.
As for wages, even with one-third of the US labor force changing jobs every year, sociological factors and human-network ties appear to exercise an even stronger influence on the level and rate of change – at the
expense
of balancing supply and demand – than I would have expected.
In a Ponzi scheme, early investors are handsomely rewarded at the
expense
of latecomers until the supply of participants is exhausted.
Trump’s inaugural address suggested that the rest of the world has thrived at ordinary Americans’
expense.
And much attention has been devoted, often in nearby opinion pieces, to the view that hyperactive equities markets, particularly in the US and the United Kingdom, push large corporations to focus disproportionately on short-term financial results at the
expense
of long-term investments in their countries’ economies.
Because gross domestic product is the preferred gauge of any economy’s value, many factors that contribute to human wellbeing are ignored, and spending on fundamental needs, such as health and education, comes to be seen as an
expense
rather than an essential investment.
No.Large countries cannot expect to recover economically at the
expense
of the rest of the world; they need to find ways to boost their own domestic demand.
Many are imposing emergency measures like export taxes or bans, which help their own citizens, but at the
expense
of those elsewhere.
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