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Now the new guys started stealing, too, so – regardless of their policies – it is time for them to go.
The final narrative highlights the role of external conditions – good luck, not good policies – in determining economic performance.
Governments will become more effective in the future only if voters learn to become more demanding of the policies that future governments adopt.
It is, in essence, an intellectual stress test – forcing Chinese leaders to defend newly formulated strategies and policies before a tough and seasoned audience of outside experts.
Chen rose to prominence as a self-educated legal activist after he challenged harsh enforcement of the government’s family-planning policies.
Market-oriented policies today are seen as cold and anti-social, especially in Western industrialized countries.
Droughts and heat waves are a harbinger of our future, carbon cuts are needed now more than ever, and yet meaningful policies have not been enacted.
But, based on Europe’s experience, such policies are precisely the wrong way to address global warming.
They hang on to the outdated notion that their national parliaments make all key decisions, when in reality some four-fifths of the policies that determine Europe’s future are taken in Brussels and then rubber-stamped by national parliamentarians.
What is lacking are effective government policies to attract high-quality FDI, particularly for exports, which could have a multiplier effect domestically, creating both direct and indirect employment.
With the right policies, Asian countries can mitigate the risks of population aging and harness their “silver dividend” to become more productive, resilient, and dynamic than ever.
Monetary policy cannot mitigate the damage done by foolish trade policies.
If anything, Trump’s protectionism is hurting the US trade balance (when one includes the effects of his administration’s fiscal policies).
Current trade policies are working to reduce real incomes in the US, Britain, and many other countries.
All of this serves to undermine the effectiveness of government policies – by reducing their credibility, clogging their channels of transmission to the economy, and making it difficult to offset the withdrawal of private-sector capital and spending.
Public diplomacy also involves building long-term relationships that create an enabling environment for government policies.
Governments need to correct daily misrepresentations of their policies, as well as to try to convey a longer-term strategic message.
Again, this is not a question of who has the best policies, or the soundest ideas; it is all about presentation.
If policies or prejudices have not persuaded that undecided 17% of voters, they must be looking for something else.
It is not utterly absurd, therefore, that voters want to like the look of their presidents, quite apart from the merit of their policies.
Depending on how this power is used (or abused), it can be beneficial (exercising needed oversight and increasing the transparency of policy and policy-making) or destructive (if, for example, hearings degenerate into politically motivated attacks on administration officials and policies).
Moreover, agricultural policies, subsidies, and investments have traditionally benefited cereal farmers.
We are focusing on insignificant – but very costly – green policies that make us feel good, while ignoring or actively discouraging policies that would dramatically reduce emissions and make economic sense.
While a regulatory overhaul of offshore drilling procedures and policies is clearly necessary, it will be insufficient to reduce the risk of spills and accidents if it is not accompanied by other demand-side measures.
Improved environmental policies mean that most of today’s forests are still standing and no-fishing zones are widely established and enforced.
Later, if it behaves badly by sponsoring terror, policies can change.
Third, the European Union’s Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure, established to prevent destabilizing economic policies by individual member states, requires countries with a current-account surplus above 6% of GDP to make adjustments.
One study found the use of protectionist policies up 50% in 2015, outnumbering trade-liberalization measures by three to one.
The latter condition may already have been partially met, but US policies to stabilize its financial system should help avoid a major dollar slide.
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution continues, four principles should guide the region’s policies and their implementation.
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