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Instead of bowing to polarization and paralysis,
policymakers
should be promoting growth- and productivity-enhancing infrastructure investments, funded at exceptionally low interest rates, scaling up labor-market reforms, and working to address the growing income and wealth inequality that is increasingly limiting access to economic opportunity.
Likewise,
policymakers
should be revamping incoherent and inconsistent tax structures that are riddled with unfair exemptions.
Following an explosion of government programs in the 1960’s, a belief developed in the minds of key American opinion leaders and
policymakers
that the best government is the least government.
Despite the fact that most leading East Asian
policymakers
were trained in American universities, none were seduced by Reagan’s belief that “government is the problem.”
At the time, many
policymakers
blamed rapid price increases on “cost push” factors, such as pressure from trade unions for excessive wage hikes.
But
policymakers
always have another option for creating nominal demand: printing money to finance their fiscal deficits.
It is imperative that
policymakers
and politicians understand that a balanced budget and stable debt to income ratio in any one year is no indication that future generations will be spared the burden of overspending by today’s generation.
Yet many
policymakers
in the United States and around the world still don’t seem able to grasp that examining the behavior of women and men alike can improve their analysis and their proposed measures.
According to our research,
policymakers
think they are overcoming their gender blind spot because more women are sitting around the table.
Our interviews also suggest that some
policymakers
still regard gender-blindness positively: not thinking about the possible gender-specific effects of policies, they believe, contributes to an atmosphere of greater gender equality.
But
policymakers
often claim an absence of data about different impacts, particularly data that can be mapped onto national security objectives.
Most
policymakers
would draw the conclusion that strengthening and cleaning up government and promoting economic growth will improve the status of women.
Unlike our policymakers, ISIS is not waiting for more data.
Once women have committed, they may be able to avoid suspicion and pass through security checkpoints more easily; security officials and
policymakers
still overwhelmingly view women exclusively as non-threatening victims of violent conflicts.
International
policymakers
need to think about gender, too, in the fight against ISIS – and across all other national-security and foreign-policy contexts.
But it is equally important that all
policymakers
discuss the women who aren’t there and never will be.
Europe’s Youth Unemployment Non-ProblemBRUSSELS – European
policymakers
have decided that they must be seen to be “doing something” about youth unemployment.
In addressing the post-2008 economic malaise, which stems from over-indebtedness,
policymakers
are correct to focus on the threat of debt deflation, which can lead to depression.
With education squarely in the spotlight, new trends are gaining momentum, many of them merging with “innovative finance” – a concept much beloved by development
policymakers
and practitioners in difficult economic times.
How did this happen, and what should
policymakers
do about it?
This is a tall order – one that can be met only by a long-term commitment from
policymakers.
Liberal pro-European politicians and
policymakers
are not convinced.
By starting with more visible and popular reforms in the short term,
policymakers
can build constituencies for tougher reforms later.
A Hard Look at a Soft Global EconomyMILAN – The global economy is settling into a slow-growth rut, steered there by policymakers’ inability or unwillingness to address major impediments at a global level.
The question is whether an honest assessment of the impediments to economic performance worldwide will spur
policymakers
into action.
That’s why
policymakers
must act now.
But an honest look at the sorry state – and unpromising trajectory – of the global economy will, one hopes, help
policymakers
do what’s needed.
Crucially, even as China’s specific goals have shifted, its
policymakers
have adhered to the experimental approach that has served the country so well thus far.
Viewing ASEAN as indispensable for managing relations with major powers, Indonesian
policymakers
believe that the bloc should be ambitious about spreading its code of conduct, and that it should drive initiatives for creating a regional architecture in East Asia.
As a result, water and wastewater management has often fallen by the wayside, with
policymakers
focusing on water-related issues only when droughts and floods occur.
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