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Because it lacks precise answers to this question, the traditional left tends to overreach – allowing government to expand with no limits – or to focus on means instead of ends.
But they should be willing to consider limits when national cohesion is at stake.
No sane politician will commit to another decade of structural reforms that will test the patience of ordinary Latin Americans beyond the limits of electoral survival.
Age limits are always to some extent arbitrary.
And, while higher-income and wealthier households have a buffer of savings to smooth consumption and avoid having to increase savings, most lower-income households must save more, as banks and other lenders cut back on home-equity loans and lower limits on credit cards.
So far, Putin has displayed an accurate sense of limits.
But those who know Putin say that he brooks no argument; he is the only one setting the limits.
While I believe that the occupation, rather than the reaction to it, is the main cause of our conflict, the unilateral tahdia (“declared calm”) decision by Palestinian militant groups has reduced anti-Israeli attacks mightily, which shows that Palestinians also realize the limits of their military actions.
Within those limits, he uses his power relentlessly.
Two of the most vexing official constraints on Chinese citizens are restrictions on movement from the countryside to cities and limits on the number of children born to couples.
By filing its claim with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, Denmark has joined our era’s “great game”: the contest for economic control over a large part of the Arctic.
Not only does it seek sovereignty over everything between Greenland and the North Pole; it is also extending its claim to nearly 900,000 square kilometers, all the way to the existing limits of the Russian economic zone on the other side of the Pole – an area 20 times Denmark’s size.
Japan’s Self-Defense DefenseCAMBRIDGE – Since the end of World War II, Japan has been ruled by an American-written “peace constitution,” Article 9 of which prohibits war and limits Japanese forces to self-defense.
The problem is not debt, but ensuring that it finances productive investment, that it is kept within reasonable limits, and that it can be serviced with little difficulty.
The report suggested that risk communication is successful only if those involved are satisfied that they are adequately informed about the relevant issues, given the limits of available knowledge.
As for Europe, while the European Union mediates, in doing so it is also demonstrating the limits of its influence.
This will require better forecasting, planning, and distribution; more effective negotiation of prices; and limits on markups.
But Justin Lin, a former World Bank chief economist, has argued forcefully that investment will and should remain a key growth driver, and that domestic consumption in China’s growth pattern should not be pushed beyond its natural limits into a high-leverage model based on rising consumer debt.
It’s well past time to acknowledge the limits of current policy.
China has increasingly reverted to authoritarianism – a process that culminated with the elimination of presidential term limits last March – and pursued a statist industrial policy, embodied by its “Made in China 2025” plan.
Corruption limits growth, but low growth itself encourages corruption and makes it difficult to improve government effectiveness.
What is needed now is a successor arrangement in which a larger number of governments, including the United States, China, and India, accept emissions limits or adopt common standards because they recognize that they would be worse off if no country did.
For his part, Rawls was adamant that any law-breaking be undertaken “within the limits of fidelity to the law.”
Sluggish exports mean slow growth, which in turn places limits on social mobility and the expansion of an entrepreneurial middle class.
There are also concerns about limits to freedom of expression if materials are taken down for alleged copyright violations.
To insure against the worst human and economic catastrophes, limits to political power must be introduced and a system of checks and balances maintained.
Moderate re-distribution was the more politically radical implication of Keynes’s economic theory, but the measures outlined above were also the limits of state intervention for him.
The basic issue is that the world economy is now so large that it is hitting against limits never before experienced.
At one level, Syria’s crisis is Turkey’s moment, but it also highlights the limits of Turkey’s unilateralism and prowess as a regional power.
The Limits of China’s Charm OffensiveSTOCKHOLM – Over the last decade, China has taken an increasingly muscular approach to relations with East Asian countries.
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