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But the authors of the UDHR – created amid the Cold War politics of the 1940s – could only agree on what rights people should have, not on why these rights should be regarded as fundamental, let alone how or by whom they should be protected.
But I believe that we have failed to grow faster for a more fundamental reason.
So today’s fundamental policy void – yet to be addressed – lies in national governments’ unwillingness to contemplate global leadership.
And here there is no doubt that Europe needs fundamental, far-reaching reform.
In particular, Glimcher wants to identify brain structures that process key elements of utility theory when people face uncertainty: “(1) subjective value, (2) probability, (3) the product of subjective value and probability (expected subjective value), and (4) a neuro-computational mechanism that selects the element from the choice set that has the highest ‘expected subjective value’…”While Glimcher and his colleagues have uncovered tantalizing evidence, they have yet to find most of the fundamental brain structures.
Maybe that is because such structures simply do not exist, and the whole utility-maximization theory is wrong, or at least in need of fundamental revision.
The brain, the computer, and the economy: all three are devices whose purpose is to solve fundamental information problems in coordinating the activities of individual units – the neurons, the transistors, or individual people.
Europeans should be able to continue enjoying their online lives secure in the knowledge that their fundamental values and rights, such as free speech, are protected.
The fundamental problem was premature capital market liberalization.
Following the 1997 crisis, there was a consensus that fundamental reform of the global financial architecture were needed.
It is not surprising, then, that ten years later, there has been no fundamental reform.
But developing effective mechanisms for addressing large-scale shared challenges must begin with a fundamental shift in the way human motivation and cognition are understood.
Another fundamental question concerns how force should be used.
This brings me to the third, and most fundamental, factor that is likely to cause the euro to strengthen substantially from its current level: global economic conditions require the eurozone to have a substantial trade and current-account deficit so that it becomes a large net importer of funds from the rest of the world.
Insistence on such policies at a time when the US and most of the rest of the rich world are following virtually the opposite economic strategy indicates the need for fundamental rethinking of what actually generates growth and development.
A country should not be making fundamental, irreversible changes based on a razor-thin minority that might prevail only during a brief window of emotion.
Dawkins’ third and most fundamental fallacy is the delusion that law is about truth – “what really happened,” as he puts it.
To some observers, this represents a fundamental shift in the global balance of power, because China could bring the US to its knees by threatening to sell its dollars.
To ensure that its economy’s performance is no longer dictated by the availability of foreign aid, Pakistan must undertake some fundamental restructuring.
After 11 years of smooth sailing since the euro’s creation, the arrangement’s fundamental problems have become glaringly obvious.
But, even with a smaller group of member countries and some changes in budget procedures, the fundamental problems of forcing disparate countries to live with a single monetary policy and a single exchange rate will remain.
The first draft of the human genome, published in February 2001, provided four new fundamental insights.
Many fundamental biological systems composed of these genes and proteins are remarkably similar.
China observes that on most security matters, the ESDP will (for now) mimic American security interests, because the EU and US share fundamental values of human rights and democracy.
Revisiting the challenges that the AKP and the Muslim Brotherhood faced in becoming two of the world’s most influential Islamist parties can provide valuable insight into this fundamental question.
Universities around the world would be well advised to consider this fundamental shift in central banks’ approach when selecting textbooks for their economics students.
More generally, we agree with Obama that “in the long run we...cannot keep...safe unless we enlist the power of our most fundamental values,” and that “we uphold our most cherished values not only because doing so is right, but because it strengthens [us] and keeps us safe.”
But ignoring people’s fundamental rights might well lead the region back to a time when none of it was possible.
That does not amount to a coherent government program, and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s administration quickly revealed the DPJ’s fundamental hollowness.
Beyond the current crisis, however, a much more fundamental strategic challenge is emerging.
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