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Corporate insiders are an especially
powerful
lobbying group because of their ability to use some of the resources of the companies under their control.
Instead, it decided – every time – to kowtow to its most
powerful
shareholders and their vested interests (such as Big Pharma and the financial industry), arguably in exchange for additional resources for its soft-loan window (the International Development Association) and, less frequently, capital increases for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Finance Corporation.
But if the TPP is to be truly effective in offsetting the trade sword wielded by a powerful, highly centralized authoritarian regime, it needs to be expanded to include India and South Korea.
After all, at first blush, such flows do not seem to be as
powerful
or as urgent a threat to people’s wellbeing as, say, not having enough food to survive.
Other, grimmer models will become more
powerful.
Consider the al-Nusra Front, a former branch of al-Qaeda and one of the most
powerful
jihadist groups in Syria.
Blaming the Spanish conquerors or the economic empires of the twentieth century cannot hide the fact that huge amounts of money financed corrupt governments, inefficient bureaucracies, big and useless “development” projects such as industrial plants or mineral mills, or a wide variety of subsidies to buy off
powerful
interest groups.
In the past, the most effective financial diplomacy occurred bilaterally, between two
powerful
states that stood for different approaches to the international economy.
At a time when many are seeking salvation in nationalism, an EU-US free-trade zone would be a
powerful
symbol of cooperation in overcoming global challenges.
But the resignations were more than another repudiation of a once-vaunted institution; they were a reminder that the media remain a
powerful
player in Kenya’s fledgling democracy.
And, backed by his parliamentary majority, he was recently able to fill vacant judicial posts, making him the most
powerful
president in Bolivia’s contemporary history.
In fact, Snowden’s warning that “any NSA analyst, at any time, can target anyone, from a federal judge to the president” suggests that NSA head Keith Alexander – dubbed “Emperor Alexander” – could already be more
powerful
than Obama.
By threatening this source of power, the microfinance industry created a
powerful
opponent, who found an opportune moment to strike.
Fiscal consolidation and the abrupt closure and restructuring of inefficient banks and state enterprises would, after all, constitute a
powerful
brake on short-term growth, threatening social peace and political stability.
In both cases, these areas created
powerful
demonstration effects.
At the country level, EU funds – if appropriately employed – are a
powerful
instrument for growth-enhancing reform.
I hear people talk as if nothing can be done: the Syrian defense systems are too powerful, the issues too complex, and in any event, why take sides when one is as bad as the next?
Moreover, Tony Chukwueke, the DPR’s head, has announced plans to create an African version of Petronas, Malaysia’s state-run oil company, and transform the sclerotic Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into a
powerful
oil-producing firm that can dominate the market in the Gulf of Guinea and other emerging regions.
The dream of homeownership is thus very much alive – and is a
powerful
economic force – in the emerging world.
Because the United States is the most visible and
powerful
representative of that free world, it is aimed against America and its closest allies in Europe and elsewhere.
This created
powerful
barriers to public investment, as government spending was siphoned into massive profits for banks and their shareholders.
Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem is a far more
powerful
symbolic move, suggesting that it could spur even more formidable resistance – and not just from the 300,000 Palestinians who live in East Jerusalem, or even from the more than 12 million Palestinians around the world.
But highlighting short-term trading in stock markets obscures other
powerful
sources of short-termism in corporate time horizons, such as uncertainty about long-term government fiscal policies on both sides of the Atlantic.
Fiscal stimulus has a direct and
powerful
impact on demand.
That is a rare and
powerful
alliance, and one that Europe’s political leaders ignore at their peril.
As is true of other global problems, much depends on the capacity and willingness of the most
powerful
national governments to find ways to act collectively.
The 90-90-90 targets can be reached even among impoverished and hard-to-reach populations, thanks to a new and
powerful
public-health solution: community health workers (CHWs) supported by smartphones.
Powerful
political interests motivated the revolution in economic thinking of the 1970s.
A
powerful
bloc is likely to be formed between big business and rentier interests, and they would probably find more than one economist to declare that the situation was manifestly unsound.”
Perhaps most importantly, competition is a
powerful
means to restore democracy and modernize political institutions by compelling policymakers to ensure transparency and accountability.
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