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Lee’s premise, from which he never departed, was that, especially in a multi-ethnic society like Singapore, a meritocratic elite must
impose
social harmony from above.
Brussels would be accused of wasting taxpayers’ money, and any effort to disregard public opinion and
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fiscal integration on EU members would only backfire and fuel the wave of populist rage that carried the Brexiteers to victory.
Any attempt by Trump to fulfill his campaign promise to
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trade restrictions, punitive tariffs, and border taxes would thus amount to a defection by the US.
But, for Germans, Dutch, and Austrians, interest-rate spreads are not the problem; they are part of the solution, given that they
impose
discipline that extends beyond European institutions’ new powers.
Under WTO rules, countries may
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tariffs on subsidized goods from overseas that harm domestic industries.
Afghanistan’s Feminist RevolutionOn April 16, more than 300 Afghani women – many of them students – marched together in Kabul in protest of a new law passed by Parliament that would
impose
a series of Taliban-like restrictions on women.
The EU has always been reluctant to
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rigorous human-rights conditionality on third-country recipients of its financial aid.
The Cultural Bias of GeneticsAll cultures
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on their members ideas about who they are, how they came to be, and where they fit in socially.
The tariff is fully consistent with a special arrangement negotiated at the time of China’s accession to the WTO, which allows the US to
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temporary protection when its markets are “disrupted” by Chinese exports.
Moreover, Pakistan’s fear of vilification and failure has given birth to an increasingly paranoid brand of Islam that seeks to
impose
stricter controls – on education, women’s rights, dancing, beardlessness, and sex – and close society to all forms of modernity.
Sometimes the wounds of the past are so fresh that even democratic governments deliberately
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silence in order to foster unity.
Xi is no dictator who can
impose
his will on China.
That is the only way to
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real discipline on shareholders, bondholders, and corporate leaders.
Just before the inauguration, he suggested that he might
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high tariffs on imported German cars, singling out BMW with particular relish.
In mid-June, the prolonged surge in stock prices finally drove an unnerved China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to
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restrictions on offline private fund matching.
Indeed, some countries – including the United States –
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no taxes on interest from large bank deposits by non-resident aliens.
During the campaign, Trump promised to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office; end the “One China” policy (recognizing Taiwan as part of greater China) that has long guided Sino-American relations; and
impose
a high tariff on Chinese imports, to shrink the bilateral trade deficit.
The concerns expressed by some observers, such as George Soros, that the eurozone will remain a two-tier club, in which the creditors
impose
their conditions on the debtors, thus seem exaggerated.
Indeed, even Russia – whose military intervention in Ukraine has led the West to
impose
strict economic sanctions – offers annual yield of less than 6% on ten-year bonds.
All of them share the assumption that companies must be mindful of their role in society and work to ensure that the benefits of growth are broadly shared and do not
impose
unacceptable environmental and social costs.
Migrants are believed to
impose
a fiscal burden on destination countries’ welfare systems or to take their citizens’ jobs.
Haircuts would contain this risk by encouraging closer alignment of each country’s interest-rate spread with its creditworthiness – the essential tool by which markets
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discipline on debtors.
These parties have shifted the regional balance of power away from secular governments, and Putin blames the United States for empowering them through its attempts to
impose
democracy on the region.
Not a surprise, then, that the governors cannot mobilize popular support as federal authorities
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accountability standards on them.
Moreover, MBS’s military intervention in Yemen has been a failure, and his decision to
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an embargo on Qatar – a small but wealthy Gulf country that challenges Saudi hegemony – has backfired.
Likewise, Confucius was the first to formulate the Golden Rule of Reciprocity: “Never
impose
on others what you would not choose for yourself.”
A radical minority is using violence to
impose
a simplified and ideological version on a mainstream with more diverse views.
The “school solution,” agreed at the Financial Stability Board in Basel, is that global regulators should clearly identify systemically significant banks and
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tougher regulations on them, with more intensive supervision and higher capital ratios.
A number of MPs want to
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tighter restrictions, and it is difficult to find anyone who will speak up for the banks, so some form of the bill is likely to pass, and big British banks will have to divide their operations and their capital.
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 – which provided funding for states to put more police on the beat,
impose
tougher prison sentences, and build more prisons – was an example of how the federal government can encourage action by state and local authorities.
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