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To consider just one obstacle, no vessels suitable for installing offshore
foundations
comply with the Jones Act, which requires that work on such projects use US-flag ships, constructed in the US, and owned and wholly operated by US citizens.
The subsidies are too small and too complicated to inspire capital outlays for expensive specialized equipment, including jack-up barges, heavy-lift cranes, pneumatic hammers for pounding the
foundations
into the sea bed, and high-strength gearboxes that will not corrode in humid, salty air.
Likewise, a Chinese government think tank worked with the World Bank to produce the China 2030report, which outlines the structural reforms needed to strengthen the
foundations
of the country’s market-based economy and create a climate of open innovation.
The debacle of the Reinhart/Rogoff paper is widely regarded as another, fatal illustration of austerity’s shaky intellectual
foundations.
Rather, it will require the development of an entirely new curriculum that gives the next generation of technologists, engineers, scientists, and mathematicians the formal
foundations
– including shared vocabulary and intellectual frameworks – for considering the macro effects of their actions on society.
It seems that Latin America has abandoned the principles, commitments, and
foundations
of full regional integration.
Two recent books – Identity Economics by Nobel laureate George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton and The Moral Economy by Sam Bowles – indicate that a quiet revolution is challenging the
foundations
of the dismal science, promising radical changes in how we view many aspects of organizations, public policy, and even social life.
They show the power of partnerships that bring together the United Nations, governments, development agencies, civil society, foundations, and the private sector.
A dollar crisis could weaken the
foundations
of American power.
The Church of England filmed various Christian groups saying the Lord’s Prayer, one of the
foundations
of Christian worship.
For example, such
foundations
supported struggling Russian universities after the Soviet Union’s collapse, helping them to regain their status while rebuilding academic programs in all disciplines.
Many successful businessmen are putting some of their wealth into
foundations
that run schools and colleges.
Destroying the financial power of the Ancien Regime laid the
foundations
for the vibrant market democracy France became.
In reality, it is in the Union’s interest to take the initiative and to engage Russia in a dialogue over the institutional
foundations
of what has become a shaken European order.
Inevitably, we will hear commentary about an electorate exhausted from a dramatic year in which France’s political
foundations
shifted and its traditional points of reference were obscured.
If the Constitution is to guide Europeans through periods of change and yet unknown threats, its roots must reach the
foundations
of European history and identity as they are embodied in the shared culture that Europe's citizens freely acknowledge as their own.
But China’s sharply rising monetization rate cannot be judged against the high, steady rates of developed countries without bearing in mind that China’s monetization process began much later, and has distinct structural and institutional
foundations.
In fact, most oligarchs have started charities and
foundations.
The British cannot continue to pursue negotiating tactics that erode the
foundations
of the very system from which they expect to benefit.
As a result, cash flows and networking among national and international NGOs, foundations, and other external donors are coming under ever stricter scrutiny by governments.
What is still needed, however, is sufficient reward money – perhaps $100 million from governments, NGOs,
foundations
and the pharmaceutical industry – to stimulate serious investment.
It would also provide the evidence needed to go to governments, foundations, and global institutions for the much larger sums required to expand the present system of incentives that guide pharmaceutical companies’ decisions.
Even so, whereas Carnegie’s theory makes some sense (which is why his essay is remembered so well more than a century later), it isn’t obvious that he was right to believe that successful business people are the best administrators of charitable
foundations.
Let’s Talk About SexBRUSSELS – Last week, at the “She Decides” conference in Brussels, government ministers met with representatives from NGOs, United Nations agencies, and
foundations
from around the world to talk about an issue that is rarely discussed in such dignified settings: sex.
Long-standing value systems are weakening, and once-solid societal
foundations
are crumbling.
There is growing recognition, some of it grudging, that the coalition led by the Pakistan People’s Party has managed to create a political structure built on fairly stable
foundations.
In September, the Treasury Department provided new regulations to philanthropic
foundations
that relaxed the perceived barriers to “mission-related investments.”
It was an important move:
Foundations
oversee some $600 billion, but had long worried that certain social-impact investments might jeopardize their tax-free status.
Of course, though these changes open the way for philanthropic
foundations
and pension funds to become major investors in pay-for-success projects, success is not guaranteed.
The promise of never-ending and self-defeating austerity cannot provide solid
foundations
to the monetary union.
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