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Sadly, the economics profession has failed to
grasp
the inherent problems with globalization.
It is increasingly evident that Europe’s political leaders, for all their commitment to the euro’s survival, do not have a good
grasp
of what is required to make the single currency work.
To
grasp
the rationale for a more broad-based approach to financial regulation, consider three other regulated industries: drugs, tobacco, and firearms.
Above all, we need to enhance the public’s
grasp
of the energy sector as a whole.
She usually had a strong
grasp
of issues relating to the standard of living; and yet she failed to comprehend the impact that a new poll tax would have on household budgets.
Most people, even the cleverest, cannot
grasp
the next breakthrough business opportunity.
Apart from those ideologues, the first to
grasp
the significance of Thatcher’s political project were on the far left: the magazine Marxism Today coined the term “Thatcherism” in 1979.
Indeed, they remain so distracted by Trump’s apparent lack of leadership skill and even mental capacity – which, to be sure, cannot compare to that displayed by Thatcher – that they have yet to
grasp
the depth of the divisions and neuroses that Trump has exposed.
But it is already clear that Macron possesses some valuable skills and attributes that his predecessor lacked: undeniable charisma, an ability to connect with foreign leaders (thanks partly to his fluent English), a solid
grasp
of global issues, and a drive to implement economic reform.
In fact, to understand how developed a country is, we must also
grasp
how people’s lives are affected by progress.
Only after the Cuban Missile Crisis – humanity’s closest encounter with nuclear Armageddon – did US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
grasp
the security risks of unchecked nuclear competition and the merits of a test ban to stop it.
We are, I believe, part of a mysterious yet integral act, whose source, direction, and purpose, though difficult to
grasp
at times, does have meaning and purpose – even when one is confined behind prison bars.
But the adversary facing the NATO alliance today is much more difficult to
grasp
and to fathom than before, though its sources are terribly familiar.
NEW YORK – As I try to
grasp
the full meaning of the Tunisian Revolution and gauge its future, I am looking at my desk, where I have spread two issues of TheNew York Times, both featuring Tunisia on their front pages.
And nowhere have the consequences of Trump’s almost willful incapacity to
grasp
complex problems, and his obsession with reversing the legacy of his predecessor, Barack Obama, become more apparent than in the Middle East.
Hitler, too, was right to
grasp
that mass unemployment was a problem in Germany.
But graduates will also need experience in psychology, if only to
grasp
how a computer’s “brain” differs from their own.
The underlying premise that Dawkins seems to be failing to
grasp
is straightforward: It is better to let ten criminals go free than one innocent person be convicted.
Other Muslim states seem to
grasp
this: recently, a Turk was chosen for the first time and by a majority vote to be Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Countries.
Rather than persist in his undiplomatic and unilateral crusades, Trump would be wise to treat the EU as the friend it has always been to his country, and to
grasp
the promise of Europe’s collaborative approach to collective defense.
And this is not to mention emerging market politicians’ failure to
grasp
that unilaterally reducing their excessive import restrictions would be a good idea even if rich countries sat on their hands.
News headlines are unlikely to reveal the damage that Trump has done to America’s intelligence-sharing relationships by his failure to
grasp
his responsibility to protect information vital to national security.
A recent example is the failure of economists to
grasp
the dangerous confluence of circumstances that produced the global financial crisis.
Politicians began to
grasp
the potential consequences of financial vulnerability only in 1907, when they faced a financial panic that originated in the US but that had serious consequences for continental Europe (and, in some ways, prefigured the Great Depression).
They cannot quite
grasp
how European demonstrators can denounce Israel’s wars as “genocide” – a term that has never been applied to the Syrian hecatomb, the obliteration of Grozny by Russia, the 500,000 casualties in Iraq since the United States-led invasion in 2003, or US airstrikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
With the world’s urban population expected to increase by 2.5 billion by 2050, it is vital that we
grasp
them.
But Russia is also now extending its
grasp
of energy markets beyond those of its immediate neighbors.
Regardless of whether we
grasp
relativity, his apparently sudden burst of genius inevitably intrigues everyone.
But it is also possible that this former Chechen mufti doesn't
grasp
the Byzantine nature of Kremlin politics.
Indeed, Chinese policymakers seem unable to
grasp
the importance of crafting appropriate incentives and disincentives.
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