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As a result, something remarkable for a former Soviet country informs the habits of those who are demanding that their liberties be preserved: a deep respect for the rule of law, which is the ultimate check on abuse of power.
Breaking the old bullying habits - such as imposing visa restrictions on Georgians - won't be easy.
And women spend more of their income on their families, which men do not necessarily do (rural toddy shops in India, after all, thrive on men’s self-indulgent spending habits).
All are young, highly energetic, and lack Soviet habits.
Masses of Chinese were sent to work camps, where prisoners endured harsh physical labor to “reform” their “bourgeois” habits and thoughts.
Mao also ordered the country to destroy the “Four Olds”: old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits.
Women are not necessarily better than men at governing, but they often have different perspectives and habits of engagement that can be essential for cutting through the standoffs created by the need to defend male egos.
Japanese consumers knew that increases in public spending were temporary, so they did not change their spending habits, rendering the policy ineffectual.
This new approach to growth will entail new habits, new attitudes, and new modes of living.
In recent decades, rising incomes have catalyzed a major shift in people’s eating habits, with meat, in particular, becoming an increasingly important feature of people’s diets.
But even a partial shift in meat-consumption habits – with consumers choosing options like chicken and seafood, instead of beef – could have a far-reaching impact.
Its containment requires changing habits and investing in emission reductions so that future generations will have a habitable planet.
It is rooted in a different legacy – that of a Russian Empire whose habits did not die during the Soviet period.
It also reflects deep, long-standing concerns about the effects of civilization: urban overcrowding, sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy habits like tobacco and alcohol consumption, overeating, and stress.
Not even Mao Zedong, with the fury unleashed during China’s Cultural Revolution, could make the “Four Olds” (old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas) vanish.
The world needs an innovative, comprehensive strategy aimed at optimizing the entire food system – for example, by improving fertilizer and water use and food transportation and storage; by ensuring that adequate nutrition is accessible and affordable for all; and by changing communities’ eating habits to include less resource-intensive food.
In developing countries, military intervention in national politics undermines long-term prospects for democracy, because it impedes the development of the necessary “culture,” including habits of moderation and compromise among competing civilian groups.
Although that "long civic generation" watched television as adults, their civic habits, formed between the ages of 15 and 20, were already established.
How much does context matter, and how much can people develop good habits when appropriately challenged?
In part, that means generating data to assess and match people to the right jobs; it also means simulating situations – learning experiences – in which people can develop the habits, skills, and attitudes they need to match any particular job and employer.
It will arise from Brussels, the spread of web-based buying habits, and the emergence of EU-wide retail distribution.
By dismissing European concerns about how such surveillance is carried out, Obama has demonstrated one of America’s worst habits – that of patronizing Europe.
So what more could the German government do to wean the Germans off their abstemious habits?
Outside China and India, whose economic potential was unleashed by market economics, economic growth was faster and much more stable in the Keynesian golden age than in the age of Friedman; its fruits were more equitably distributed; social cohesion and moral habits better maintained.
Together with the Christmas tree, Sankt Niklaus, as the Germans called the benefactor, became a central figure in German Christmas habits.
Furthermore, given Germany’s ingrained post-military habits, backsliding is to be expected.
For most producers and consumers, it usually makes more economic sense to maintain the status quo than to change their habits, even if they know that the status quo will be disastrous for the environment.
This argument is based on the assumption – which extends far beyond sports – that real gender equality will not be achieved until the formation of tastes and habits is no longer subject to gender stereotypes.
Together, we can break our bad antibiotic habits.
(When American economists advise China to boost consumption and cut saving, they are merely peddling the bad habits of American culture, which saves and invests far too little for America’s future.)
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