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That is
precisely
what the “responsibility pact,” which came into force on January 1, and the tax credit for encouraging competitiveness and jobs aim to do.
Greece, for example, got into trouble doing
precisely
this, employing many thousands in the government and overpaying them, even while it ran up public debt to astronomical levels.
In the current circumstances, with much of Europe lacking competitiveness, a weaker exchange rate is
precisely
what the continent needs.
What we Europeans now need most of all is to embark on
precisely
the opposite course.
It is
precisely
the appeal of such ideas that can make them so dangerous politically.
Indeed, the opportunity to analyze such problems regularly is
precisely
what makes my role as a columnist so gratifying.
Instead of allowing a single self-interested sector to dictate the economy’s functioning, policymakers must determine
precisely
what the acceptable balance is between risky speculative activities and financial stability – and ensure that the financial sector adheres to it.
But who, precisely, are those who do not repay their debts, and who are those who hire assassins to get rid of their creditors?
These are
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the sorts of step-by-step reform measures – both beneficial and feasible – that the new French president should be pursuing.
It was
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to assess the impact of deals with countries like China on national security that Congress established the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.
It is
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because the arts have secured a mass democratic audience that creative people should ask themselves if culture is representative of the energies of our age.
But the most damaging shocks often hide in plain sight – and then hit
precisely
when and where almost everyone thought stability would prevail.
The difficulty of working through the full economic implications is
precisely
what discourages consumers from making purchases and causes firms to postpone investment.
the whole European project at risk of unraveling at
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the time new economic and security threats confront the West.”
But this is
precisely
what France and Germany now refrain from doing in many fields of European integration.
Precisely
because gays seem so accepted, the arrests sent a disturbing message.
Thus, though Smoot-Hawley was not a direct cause of the Great Depression, as many have claimed, it did contribute to a breakdown of international trade
precisely
when the world could least afford it.
Europe’s Winners and LosersBERLIN – Rarely is a high-flying country brought back down to earth in a single night, but that is
precisely
what happened to Germany recently.
While the plaintiffs assert that “genes are identified, not invented,” the defendants claim that the basis of patent law is
precisely
the opposite.
That is
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the vision that we are working to realize in our own part of Africa, under the banner of the Northern Corridor Integration Projects.
One conservative estimate – which has a reasonable chance of being accepted
precisely
because it is conservative – calls for $50 billion per year as of 2015, increasing to $100 billion by 2020 and beyond.
It is about moral values that make it appropriate to rescue bankers, who expect everyone but themselves to pay for the mess they created, and inappropriate to compensate the world’s poorest people, whose survival is threatened
precisely
because of the mess created by developed countries.
So, in 2001, we should recognise that, although we do not necessarily understandwhat
precisely
causes growth and development, we do know that some things work (for whatever reason) and others do not.
The EU's objectives are
precisely
those that countries are unable to achieve on their own, for example, a stronger economy and greater security.
Yet
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the opposite approach is now being taken in the United States, where some first-time homebuyers have now been given access to 97% loan-to-value mortgages.
In the Soviet Union – and, many argue, in China today – political dissidents would be committed to psychiatric care,
precisely
to discredit them.
Unless we have
precisely
that, Britain risks not only missing its carbon-reduction targets, but also falling behind in the effort to create a stronger, more stable, and sustainable economy.
That is
precisely
what a large segment of the Balkan population still wants.
The US interest in overthrowing Assad’s regime was
precisely
its reliance on Iranian and Russian backing.
Many wanted a Western lifestyle, with access to the kinds of jobs and goods available in the US, but seemed not to recognize that access to that lifestyle requires increased economic and personal freedom –
precisely
the kind of freedom that underpins democratic societies.
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