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Corruption will abate, and the rule of law take hold, only when the West holds Russia to global standards.
The UK, which currently holds the rotating Council of Europe Chair, has announced that it will seek adoption by April of a ministerial declaration on Court reform.
The theory of secular stagnation, as advanced by Alvin Hansen and echoed by me, holds that, left to its own devices, the private economy may not find its way back to full employment following a sharp contraction, which makes public policy essential.
One definition of politics holds that it is the conduct, concern for, and administration of public affairs.
MEMO TO ECB: DON’T FOLLOW THE FEDThe current dilemma of the US Federal Reserve of having to continue raising interest rates despite the hurricane-wounded US economy holds a powerful message for the European Central Bank.
The Strange Death of MulticulturalismAn ideology which holds that people from different cultures must live in separate communities within a country, should not take an interest in each other and must not criticise each other is both wrong and unworkable.
If that compromise holds, stability will take hold, markets will function, Tunisia will attract investment, and tourism will thrive again.
But even western Germany holds the second-lowest rank of all developed countries.
Overall, South Korea managed to curb its corporate sector’s excessive power (which holds lessons for dealing with today’s mega-banks).
The same general argument probably holds for India and other developing countries.
Nine out of ten want their personal information to be protected, regardless of where the server that holds it is located.
For those whose living standards have stagnated or declined in recent decades, even as political leaders have touted free trade and capital flows as the recipe for increased prosperity, the argument holds considerable appeal.
The idea was idiotic (the American government, which holds a monopoly on issuing the world’s leading reserve currency, has nothing to “renegotiate”).
The budget that he has now sent to Congress suggests that he still holds fast to nonsensical economic ideas.
The China National Petroleum Corporation holds a 40% stake in the Greater Nile Petroleum Company and has invested $3 billion in refinery and pipeline construction.
This view holds that America’s secret war in Syria is illegal both under the US Constitution (which gives Congress the sole power to declare war) and under the United Nations Charter, and that America’s two-sided war in Syria is a cynical and reckless gamble.
This holds serious implications not just for the US, but also for Europe.
The classic argument for free trade holds that specialization and exchange benefits everyone, because goods are produced where they are produced best.
Second, given the lock that the Communist Party holds on all the levers of power, the building of democracy in China depends on forces rooted inside China.
This era holds important lessons for the present.
The third challenge is the monetary revolution being driven by distributed-ledger technologies such as blockchain, which holds out the promise of creating non-state money.
Germany would be far better off than now because real foreign assets would replace the Target claims it holds under the present system.
The Global Fund applies rigorous, technical standards of public health, and holds recipient countries accountable – including through transparency and co-financing requirements – for delivering services.
The PLA’s recent intensification of such border violations holds important implications for President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to India – and for the future of the bilateral relationship.
It starts from the recognition that large surplus savings and much unused capacity are waiting to be mobilized, and that expanding consumer demand among Asia’s rising middle class holds the key to expansion.
And Glimcher himself now holds an appointment at New York University’s economics department (he also works at NYU’s Center for Neural Science).
In its negotiations with Russia, Europe holds the stronger cards.
An old tenet of leftist ideology holds that hegemonic capitalist countries like the US can never act well in the world.
Since the Chinese government holds a large part of its $2 trillion of foreign exchange in dollars, they have good reason to focus on the future value of the greenback.
The Fed has explained that it will sell the large volume of mortgage securities that it now holds on its balance sheet, absorbing liquidity in the process.
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