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Global investors tend to overlook human rights, and to prefer stability and autocratic resolve to the unpredictability of democracy.
Germans must now ask themselves whether they, who have profited the most from European integration, are willing to pay the price for it or would prefer to let it fail.
Czechs seem to be reverting to the politics of the interwar period, with most favoring some mix of state control and free enterprise: 61% of all respondents support a "social market" system, versus 28% who support a "free market" system and 11% who prefer the pre-1990 socialist system.
But PACA is also the National Front’s stronghold, which means that Fillon will have to distinguish himself from Le Pen as a right-wing candidate, lest voters decide they would prefer the original to the copy.
Finally, Le Pen opposes France’s membership in the European Union and wants to return to the franc, while Fillon would prefer to delegate power back to national assemblies.
But if you prefer satellite data, the picture is similar.
In every western country - first in America, now in Britain and soon perhaps in France and Germany too - there seems to be a growing sense that the domestic problems which really matter to voters have been neglected by politicians who prefer to strut the international or European stage.
Today, however, emerging countries increasingly prefer to “self-insure” by accumulating reserves (and sharing them through regional pooling arrangements).
If it wastes this opportunity because of short-term individual or economic interests, Europe (both sides) will open the door to all who prefer confrontation to dialogue, who define themselves as against others rather than as their neighbors.
The US would, in fact, prefer such a Europe.
Another widespread claim is that Chinese companies prefer to employ their own nationals rather than locals.
Secretary of State John Kerry said: “I think we’ve made it crystal clear we would prefer that Russia was not supplying assistance.”
While the far right in the Republican Party would prefer these immigrants return home—a move that would be devastating to Latin America as well as the United States—all of the presidential candidates have clearer heads.
But Putin and his siloviki (political allies whose power base is in the security apparatus) seem to prefer an “inertia strategy,” the worst of the Russia 2020 scenarios.
The siloviki , however, prefer Russia isolated and authoritarian, with power securely in their hands.
In a fiscal crunch, the first spending cuts hit productive public investments, because governments prefer to protect current – and often inefficient – spending on public-sector jobs and transfer payments to the private sector.
The challenge of persuading countries to cooperate is similar to the one governments have always faced in inducing their citizens to contribute to the common good; everyone benefits from good roads, but most people would prefer not to contribute to the cost of their construction.
For example, a friend who worked for the search engine Baidu explained to me how the company tries to enhance the consumer experience of censorship, testing the ways in which people prefer to be censored.
But a tourist might prefer a map that highlights specific attractions or indicates public-transport links.
Beyond Syria, Trump would prefer to think big.
So, although India might initially absorb some international capital, it might ultimately prefer to build foreign reserves by running small external deficits or even a surplus.
Dell didn’t ask: “Would you prefer the old versions of the operating system and MS Office that you know how to use?”
While they would prefer not to re-litigate endlessly the events of 2008, continued criticism suggests that their decisions are still not well understood and that officials must do more to explain them.
It is no accident that mayors from the center-left govern New York, London, Paris, and Berlin, whereas smaller, struggling cities tend to prefer hard-right politicians.
Fiscal conservatives prefer a balanced budget to international aid, and the far-right Freedom Caucus wants to limit the scope of government every way it can.
Most Europeans prefer to ignore the looming challenge of radical policy reform, owing to the decline in living standards that it implies.
A third explanation, often advanced by Americans, blames moral and political cowardice: the Europeans are as numerous as the Americans and nearly as rich, yet they prefer to shirk their international responsibilities, freeloading on their American allies.
The West wants it to be implemented for as long as possible, while Iran would prefer a very short timeframe within which to achieve its central objectives: a comprehensive and lasting repeal of international sanctions and recognition as an NPT non-military nuclear power.
But, rather than welcoming the opportunity to recapitalize, perhaps with government help, the banks seem to prefer a Japanese-style response: we will muddle through.
Other actors, too, seem to prefer the apparently limited current crisis to the unknown alternatives.
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