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The world as a whole might agree on a weaker, but globally acceptable minimum standard, say a term
limit
of no more than 20 years.
An international term limit, of course, could infringe the right of a real democracy to keep a popular leader for more than 20 years.
Some parliamentary leaders of Western democracies have approached to this limit, such as Helmut Kohl and his 16 years in office in Germany.
Given the incredible advantages that incumbents have over challengers in nearly every political system, a firm time
limit
would strengthen even the strongest of existing democracies.
An international term
limit
would have put Zimbabwe (and its neighbors) on notice early on: Mugabe's continued rule after 22 years would be tantamount to international isolation.
In looking at the roster of long-serving heads of government in the second half of the twentieth century - such as Stalin, Mao, Franco, Kim Il Sung, and Ceausescu - it is clear that an enforced international term
limit
would have spared the world considerable grief and turmoil.
By spending part of their extra income on household jobs and personal services, American women
limit
their workload while creating demand for service jobs that wouldn’t exist otherwise.
"Elections are of little use if democratically elected governments
limit
the freedom of the press and the independence of the judiciary."
Of course, even in the face of weak and declining economic performance, there may be an upper
limit
to the support that populist parties can muster – a level that falls short of a governing mandate.
And, indeed, the US is now asking its allies, including the EU, to
limit
their steel exports to the US.
It is widely believed that the conference may well represent the world’s last chance to
limit
the global temperature increase to 2º Celsius over pre-industrial levels – the threshold beyond which the risks of climate change become particularly daunting.
Such a result would be a boon not just for efforts to
limit
climate change, but also for addressing other global challenges.
It soon became obvious that, given Poland’s constitutional 60%-of-GDP debt
limit
and 3%-of-GDP cap on the budget deficit, together with the squeeze on public finances in the wake of the global financial crisis, the OFE funding model was unsustainable.
It is a deal that can only have been agreed to as the price of Russian support for Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma as he desperately seeks to extend his presidency beyond the two-term
limit
that he faces this year.
Nonetheless, I understand the impulse to
limit
punishment in order that society heal and rebuild.
The Fed will appropriately want to
limit
the expansion of bank lending.
Trump agreed with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and her Senate counterpart, Chuck Schumer, on how to increase the federal debt limit, which Congress must raise each year as spending increases, and extend appropriations to keep the government running (because Congress routinely fails to write appropriations bills on time).
Such a policy will
limit
the increase in unemployment, at the cost of only temporarily higher inflation.
Based on an assessment of potential commonality among the political parties, such a compromise would
limit
the contractionary fiscal impact to some 1.5% of GDP.
Nevertheless, as a restored great power, the new Russia will for the time being attempt to ride in the slipstream of other great powers for as long as doing so coincides with its possibilities and interests; it will concentrate on its own sphere of influence and on its role as a global energy power; and it will otherwise make use of its opportunities on a global scale to
limit
America’s power.
Essentially, this aimed to prevent irresponsible budgetary policies after the euro's launch, while leaving sufficient room for cyclical oscillations of the deficit within the 3%
limit.
The debt criterion, for example, could be supplemented by a
limit
on the (trend) growth rate of public spending, which would be kept below that of nominal GDP.
Some argue that the answer to the flood of cases is to
limit
the Court’s powers.
A Republican minority in the Senate can still effectively
limit
her agenda by using the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to end a floor debate and bring a bill to a vote.
Likewise, the eurozone’s recovery from the 2008 financial crisis has been held back by strict fiscal rules that
limit
member countries’ fiscal deficits to 3% of GDP.
In such instances, there is a clear argument for global rules that
limit
or prohibit the use of such policies.
But powerful countries such as the US and European Union members could have done much on their own to
limit
tax evasion – and the race to the bottom in corporate taxation – if they so desired.
Similarly, he would like to impose a two-term
limit
on the president, and to require parliamentary approval of the president’s appointment of certain senior officials.
But there is a
limit
to what economically struggling countries like Malawi can do alone.
To the extent that countries believe that resource-based conflict is inevitable in the future, negotiations to
limit
resource depletion become more likely to break down in the short run.
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