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Gerrymandering, whereby state legislators redraw congressional districts to
favor
their own party, allows politicians to choose voters, rather than the other way around.
Greed will not reverse human-caused climate change, and Trump’s executive orders will not stop the global process of phasing out coal, oil, and gas in
favor
of wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, geothermal, and other low-carbon energy sources.
And American voters, by a wide margin,
favor
a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
The odds are stacked in Putin’s
favor.
Hamas, a radical movement, won the Palestinian election in January 2006, but not before blatant pre-election meddling by the US in
favor
of Fatah, which merely helped to boost Hamas’s legitimacy.
In particular, Tahoun’s research shows that US congressmen systematically invest more in firms that
favor
their own party, and that when they sell stock, firms stop contributing to their campaigns.
While I would strongly argue that the FSA in my day did not
favor
firms unduly, it is perhaps true that we – and in this we were exactly like US regulators – were inclined to believe that markets were generally efficient.
The political balance in these countries has tilted decisively in
favor
of pro-trade groups with an outward-looking orientation.
Pan Yue, vice-director of the State Environmental Protection Administration, recently argued in a China Daily article in
favor
of stronger emissions regulations and a more “green-oriented China,” warning that “China’s image among the international community” was in jeopardy.
Most Chinese would probably like to see this absence remedied as much as they
favor
full reunification.
Syria and its regional allies are determined to protect a new regional balance of power that shifted in their
favor
following the US-led invasion of Iraq.
What Italy’s Election Means for the EUROME – Italy’s recent election – in which voters rebuffed traditional parties in
favor
of anti-establishment and far-right movements, producing a hung parliament – should serve as a wake-up call for Europe.
Most arguments in
favor
of infrastructure investment focus on the negative: collapsing bridges, congested highways, second-rate air travel, and so forth.
Until Europe rejects austerity in
favor
of a growth-oriented approach, all signs of recovery will prove illusory.
Preventing this requires political will, especially within the EU, which all too often seems to
favor
playing a neutral role.
Yet the crisis may be tilting Western policy outcomes in
favor
of globalization.
Ethics and InfrastructureATHENS – Following the publication of the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook, high-profile economists like Olivier Blanchard, Larry Summers, Mario Monti, and Reza Moghadam have come out in
favor
of revising the eurozone’s fiscal rules to allow for public investment aimed at accelerating its economic recovery.
For example, harmonizing insolvency regimes across the continent and reducing tax incentives that
favor
debt over equity, while entirely logical, strike at the heart of member states' remaining sovereignty, and thus will be extremely difficult to push forward.
Though Tsipras, too, claims to
favor
the euro, he never mentions the fiscal discipline that it requires, or that Greece got into trouble because it violated its treaty obligations.
The lessons of zero interest ratesStiglitzcriticizes the Fed for neglecting its legal mandate to promote “maximum employment” in
favor
of a narrow focus on inflation that is no longer relevant.
To avert financial crises, credit creation by banks needs to be controlled directly or even eliminated altogether, in
favor
of direct lending to businesses by savers through capital markets.
These artists’ ability to the bridge traditions of East and West and to create a new space for creativity that can transcend the cultural specificities of the past in
favor
of a new blended future could be squarely associated with China’s own global aspirations.
Broadly speaking, on economics and foreign policy, the candidates often would be in accord, with Republicans more inclined to
favor
the interests of big business and Democrats defending the interests of labor.
One possibility is a gradual, market-determined erosion of the dollar as a reserve currency in
favor
of the euro.
But a partial economic reorientation towards Asia does not pose any real risk of disengagement from Europe; on the contrary, over the past two years, Russia has officially made a decisive turn in
favor
of closer integration with the European Union.
In fact, savvy autocratic rulers
favor
less talented successors, because they are easier to groom and control on their way to power.
Most important, local leaders must be genuinely committed to the process, rather than seeking to curry
favor
with donors.
That deal would appear to
favor
Russia, with Moldova recognizing Transdnistria as a legitimate entity.
But, for the most part, fiscal and monetary policies have so far not followed leaders’ rhetorical promises of deep structural reforms and redistribution to
favor
the indigenous and the poor.
Most luxury-goods companies are in
favor
of an efficient, cost-effective permitting system.
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