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What credence can the responsibility to protect have when we know that however bad things get in Tibet, Xinjiang, or the Northern Caucasus, military action against China or Russia will always be off
limits?
Selecting Our ChildrenMELBOURNE – In April, Germany’s parliament placed
limits
on the use of genetic diagnosis.
In many advanced economies, both monetary and fiscal policies have reached the
limits
of their effectiveness.
America may be recognizing its limits, but no new system has emerged to take up the slack.
A critical part of its role must be to consider with care the
limits
that should be placed on a punitive strike.
Yet globalization knows no limits, not even those set by the guardians of Islamic probity.
But, as China’s ongoing growth slowdown demonstrates, this model has its
limits.
Ideally – from their point of view – they will bulk up without attracting regulatory scrutiny, i.e., no ex ante
limits
on their risk-taking activities will be imposed.
The French have not yet been able to obtain agreement from the other G-20 members on measures aimed at regulating commodity speculators, such as
limits
on the size of their investment positions.
Unfortunately, the standoff on global policy coordination during the recent International Monetary Fund/World Bank meetings may be a demonstration of the
limits
of multilateral surveillance and international coordination.
The Socialists can govern without limits, so it is up to them to govern well.
Dictating
Limits
to Dictatorsdd75f80346f86f9414bc2e16Robert Mugabe is an aging tyrant who is single-handedly destroying Zimbabwe's economy and social stability.
Many countries already have such
limits.
And financial reforms will eliminate the
limits
on interest rates that banks can pay on deposits and charge on loans.
FRANKFURT – It looks like a coordinated offensive: on September 6, the European Central Bank outlined a new bond-buying program, letting markets know that there were no pre-set
limits
to its purchases.
Many have not adjusted as advanced economies’ weakness reduces the room for export-led growth; and many delayed structural reforms needed to boost private-sector development and productivity growth, while embracing a model of state capitalism that will soon reveal its
limits.
A few years ago, in Beijing, he ran one of China's most popular TV shows, each week testing the
limits
of the authorities' indulgence.
Testing the
Limits
of Fossil FuelsMILAN – Most people recognize that human activity, primarily the use of fossil fuels, is contributing mightily to an increasing level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
This means that
limits
on our consumption of fossil fuels cannot be measured only by the availability of supplies, but must also take account of the environmental costs.
This solution
limits
the risk of contagion and the potential losses that financial institutions would bear if the value of debt principal were reduced.
From Tolstoy to TrumpLONDON – One of Leo Tolstoy’s preoccupations was the nature and
limits
of power.
On the
limits
of power, Tolstoy might have thought a bit more about what Britain’s World War II-era Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery later called the first law of warfare.
But this should not go too far, for there are
limits
to what the state can do, and the strength of private initiative constitutes one key aspect of America, which became the world’s leading nation thanks to its dynamism, flexibility, and individual inventiveness.
Despite those limits, the UN has considerable soft power that arises from its ability to legitimize the actions of states, particularly regarding the use of force.
But such innovations have their
limits.
Soft power is real, but it has its
limits.
It is not an international organization, and it has no legal authority to speak for the world or to establish rules, norms, or standards for any state except its own members – that China is not a member demonstrates clearly the
limits
of its reach.
But if the human capacity for destruction knows few limits, the ability to start over again is just as remarkable.
Consensus is emerging in a few areas: the new goals should address the unfinished MDGs; they should include not only poverty, but also planetary limits, including climate change; and they should be universal in scope, addressing challenges such as widening inequality in poor and rich countries alike.
Such systems include transfer-pricing rules based on OECD guidelines (used by the US as well),
limits
on interest deductibility, and domestic taxation of some kinds of income earned in low-tax locations where companies report large earnings but carry out little real economic activity.
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