Preference
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But we should give
preference
to approaches that help the poor the most for every rupee spent, regardless of how they are labeled.
Whereas the Stern Review follows a tradition among British economists and many philosophers against discounting for pure futurity, most economists take pure time
preference
as obvious.
A straightforward calculation shows that mitigation is better than business as usual – that is, the present value of the benefits exceeds the present value of the costs – for any social rate of time
preference
less than 8.5%.
No estimate of the pure rate of time preference, even by those who believe in relatively strong discounting of the future, has ever approached 8.5%.
China’s high and rising urban saving rate in a climate of vigorous per capita income growth reflects a persistent
preference
for precautionary saving over discretionary consumption.
Beyond that defensive attitude, lack of policy consensus has resulted in a
preference
for the status quo.
That
preference
is even stronger today, when America’s pivot toward Asia is weakening the transatlantic axis.
According to political psychologists, conservative and right-wing views tend to be accompanied by a tendency to be easily disgusted, a “need for closure” (a
preference
for order, structure, and certainty), and sharp delineation of one’s “in-group” and “out-groups.”
Analyzing poll data on 11,000 male graduates from 17 European countries, we found that, beyond being on the political right, engineers score, on average, more strongly than other graduates on almost all measures relating to the tendency toward disgust, the need for closure, and a strong in-group
preference.
Of course, most people who study engineering or have a strong
preference
for order will not become radicalized, meaning that these factors cannot be used effectively in profiling.
An exit would also harm Britain’s geopolitical interests, both in Europe (where, ironically, it favors EU enlargement) and, worldwide, in its global standing and special relationship with the United States (which has made clear its
preference
for a European UK).
They expressed a
preference
for an efficient rather than a strong state.
In addition, Cameron is proposing other reforms, such as requiring people, after several years’ unemployment, to accept a job offer, even if it is not the applicant’s
preference.
True, in recent years, a wide array of countries has indicated a
preference
for weaker currencies as a means of improving their trade balances.
Most share a
preference
for socializing risk and an aversion to inequality – the pillars of the “European social model.”
If, as they both suggest, Europe’s
preference
for the middle road is mistaken, and one or the other of the proposed solutions must be chosen, a true dilemma will have to be confronted.
Indeed, the jump from business into politics was probably not Berlusconi's own
preference.
Arabs have a lower
preference
for democracy (with a gap of 11%), are less civically active (a gap of 8%), respect authority more (by 11%), and embrace patriarchal values much more strongly (by a whopping 30%).
Consider
preference
for democracy.
Media outlets reflect and shape this preference, feeding us woe and panic.
But make no mistake: our
preference
is to remain in the eurozone.
In fact, eurozone banks’
preference
for home-country sovereign bonds is rooted in a combination of factors, including fear of redenomination – a consequence of the crisis that leads banks to concentrate their risk domestically – and the expectation that bailout mechanisms will be national.
His
preference
for surrounding himself with people who have proved their loyalty has produced a White House staff that is widely considered, even by some cabinet officials, to be less than stellar.
The reason for the migrants’ strong
preference
for Germany is that the country, together with Sweden, has Europe’s most liberal asylum system and allocates particularly high levels of funding to accommodate the newcomers.
This
preference
for investing outside Asia is shared by the region’s other major savers – namely, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore – even though returns within Asia are generally higher than elsewhere.
In his later work, Darwin introduced another selection criteria that may be just as important, but which has received much less attention: mating preference, or sexual selection.
As Darwin did not believe that pure aesthetics would guide female peacocks and lions in their choice of mating partners, he had to find a rational reason for females’
preference
for males with hindering characteristics.
Right now, investors’
preference
for safety makes financing additional government debt abnormally cheap, while the long-run shadows cast by prolonged subnormal production and employment make the current sluggish recovery predictably costly.
Mahmoud Abbas – unanimously elected as Fatah’s leader and commander-in-chief – made clear that while all options remain available for ending the occupation, the
preference
is still negotiations.
And, after having been asked to express their preference, voters could conclude that anything but a “hard” Brexit would be illegitimate and leave the UK stuck between two stools.
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