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To the
extent
that human capital involves character traits and varieties of “know-how” that are transmitted within the realms of the family and the community, rather than by formal education, it becomes both methodologically elusive and difficult to manipulate by public policy.
Jews were spread across many countries, but to some
extent
shared a common language and a sense of common fate.
US Intelligence, Inc.SINGAPORE – Among the stories and rumors prompted by Edward J. Snowden’s leaking of classified material – whistleblowing or treason, depending on where you stand – the revelations that may actually lead to a policy change concern the
extent
to which private companies now carry out intelligence gathering and analysis in the United States.
The full
extent
of the French system’s pathology becomes fully clear in the light of successive governments’ attempts at reform, with piecemeal measures the norm – and thus proving counter-productive on balance, or failing altogether.
In fact, China’s high debt/GDP ratio is, to a large extent, a result of its simultaneously high saving and investment rates.
And if he is, to what
extent
will his policies be responsible, and will faster growth entail grave long-term costs to the environment and income inequality?
To this extent, developed countries’ bear a responsibility for cushioning the impact on their workers by providing adequate social welfare protection, together with relocation and re-training benefits.
The rate hikes will likely continue this year, though the speed and
extent
of the increases are uncertain.
For years, Tuskegee has been a byword for ethical abuses in scientific research – to the
extent
that President Bill Clinton apologized to its surviving “subjects.”
Worse, private actors no longer see the need to collect, analyze, or deploy their own information to the
extent
that they once did.
Iran’s leaders must consider whether to engage in another round of negotiations with the IAEA, and the
extent
to which they are willing to yield on their nuclear activities.
The biggest development successes in recent years have been in places like China and Vietnam, where Western economic ideas, to the
extent
that they were considered at all, lost out to more practically oriented policymakers.
First, Xi’s initiative shows the
extent
to which he dominates Chinese politics.
Doubts about sovereign debt in Europe have revolved around the euro to such an
extent
that some now question whether the single currency can survive.
To the
extent
that the prime minister articulates the case for membership, he will provide it; if he is perceived as being in thrall to his backbenchers, he will not.
To the
extent
that markets can be controlled, it is through setting the rules of the game in a transparent way.
The West European EU members have shown scant concern over Russian pressure tactics against the new members in Central and Eastern Europe, calling into question the
extent
of EU solidarity regarding energy supplies.
It also claims to have been subsidizing the price of energy to the Commonwealth of Independent States, when in reality it is the Central Asians who have been subsidizing Russia to an even greater
extent.
Furthermore, the pace of productivity gains in the advanced countries (and to a large
extent
in emerging countries) remains disappointingly low.
If the euro falls by 20-25%, bringing it close to parity with the dollar and weakening it to a similar
extent
against other currencies, the current-account deficits in Italy, Spain, and France would shrink and their economies would strengthen.
As medical advances and technological developments have helped cancer patients in high-income countries to live longer – to the
extent
that some forms of cancer have effectively become chronic conditions – those in low-income countries continue to die young.
International climate negotiators recognize this, to some
extent.
But right-wing populists have stoked fears and misconceptions about the number of people arriving in Europe – and about the effects of migration on our societies – to such an
extent
that their tactics are fueling political cleavages across the continent.
As it stands, China’s economy follows, to some extent, the old Leninist “commanding heights” model, with the Party holding all political power and controlling major enterprises and sectors, even as the burgeoning private sector drives growth and employment.
To a large extent, economic recovery will depend on a much clearer sense of the direction of future economic change.
To some extent, this was understandable.
Not surprisingly, these economic elites barely grasp the
extent
to which this system has failed large swaths of the population in Europe and the United States, leaving most households’ real incomes stagnant and causing labor’s share of income to decline substantially.
He regards international relations as a zero-sum game of winners and losers, and, to the
extent
that his foreign and trade policies make any sense at all, they are transactional.
I would be the first to emphasize that political actors at all levels have a role to play in Europe, to the
extent
that they are able to implement policy effectively.
You can reduce the burden to some
extent
by creating a community of your customers (and prospects) so that they can listen to one another.
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