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Its merit is its head-on challenge to the neoliberal obsession with deficits and debt reduction, and to reliance on quantitative easing as the sole – and now exhausted – demand-management tool.
On merit, some of the obvious candidates for the Fund job, such as Brazilian Arminio Fraga, and Egyptian-born Mohamed El-Erian, are not European.
Finally, Fed officials should acknowledge that at least some of the critics' suggestions have merit.
This is not to say that challenging the establishment is entirely without merit.
But, though some aspects of the ICTY’s performance merit criticism, its overall performance and achievements over the last two decades have made it a great success.
So, as crisis envelops Netanyahu, members of his government are focused on amassing enough accomplishments to appeal to the electorate on their own merit.
There is merit in both positions – but much more in the Spanish and Italian argument.
They could begin that long process by taking the following steps:hire staff based solely on merit;involve both elites and masses (professional associations, trade unions, NGOs, indeed all of civil society) in formulating policies.
The creed of the Prize did not depend so much on the merit of the winners, as much as the understanding that the Prize was a powerful means to gain prestige, publicity, and advantage.
So, no matter how large a weight we place on their happiness relative to the happiness of others – whether we regard them as praiseworthy captains of industry who merit their high positions, or as parasitic thieves – we simply cannot do anything to affect it by raising or lowering their tax rates.
Indeed, decades of relentless intervention have shifted the terms of debate, with recent operations justified by their achievability rather than their merit.
Is there any merit to the criticism?
WARSAW – One merit of the Berlin Wall was that it made obvious where Europe ended.
But the current crisis might pose the question of whether the populist view of antitrust – limiting the size of firms because of the excessive influence they may wield – has some merit.
From there, it is not uncommon to hear the conclusion that we are ”nothing but” chimpanzees (and fated to be aggressive, or to possess whatever attributes are being imputed to apes these days), or that apes merit human rights.
But the outside world should demonstrate that every clear move toward greater political openness will merit more international political and economic engagement.
And if there is merit to the allegations that a large number of generals bribed Guo and Xu for their promotions, it is reasonable to assume that the most wide-ranging purge of senior PLA officers since the Cultural Revolution will continue.
There is certainly merit in seeking a settlement: concerns are addressed quickly, which is especially important in highly dynamic industries like Google’s.
They promote wrestlers to the highest ranks not just on brute merit, but according to how much hinkaku (dignity) they are judged to possess.
Second, Europe has failed to introduce an independent European Research Council to ensure that funding is allocated on the basis of scientific merit.
However, speaking in the name of victims doesn't bring additional ethical merit.
While there may well be merit to the allegations, as documented in the latest “USTR Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance,” punitive action would have serious consequences for US businesses and consumers.
Is gender balance so important that it justifies overriding the principle of allocating educational opportunities on the basis of merit?
They began to study religion alone, insisting that only those who study religion – particularly Islamic jurisprudence – gain merit in the afterlife.
From all accounts, he feels an even greater sense of responsibility to prove that he gained his position on the basis of merit, not privilege.
Governments undoubtedly merit praise for stabilizing expectations, and thus preventing crises from worsening.
After all, the oft-repeated principle that the IMF’s managing director should be chosen on the basis of merit rather than nationality need not mean a departure from past practice.
So the merit criterion happens to coincide well with the much-recognized but never-honored need to give emerging-market countries more weight in the IMF’s governance, in line with their new weight in the global economy.
It is the only way to ensure that merit trumps favoritism – and thus to end the country’s colossal misallocation of resources.
There is some merit to this claim.
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