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That goal will remain unattainable unless and until we establish the long-overdue
principle
that a child’s right to education knows no boundaries.
Classical socialism is the progeny of liberal internationalism, which is to say that it is a globalizing creed; in principle, it knows no national frontiers.
Its focus is not on vengeance and retribution, but on “restorative justice,” a
principle
Archbishop Desmond Tutu used to describe South Africa’s transition to majority rule after apartheid.
Any international treaty on plastic must therefore include a funding mechanism, and the “polluter pays”
principle
is the right place to start.
From now on, the
principle
of a “coalition of the willing” will also apply in the EU, further weakening Europe.
But, having located national sovereignty in “the people,” they did not insist on a single
principle
of sovereignty.
Fundamentally, Hong Kong’s prospects depend on the implementation of the “one country, two systems” principle, conceived by Deng Xiaoping to serve as the basis for Hong Kong’s eventual return to China in 1997.
Finally, following the principle, “everyone is covered, but not everything is covered,” governments must investigate which services are most cost-effective, and which should not be publicly financed, because they are both expensive and ineffective.
Such coalition-building may seem normal in countries that adhere to the
principle
of proportional representation.
Turning to Europe, Kant’s
principle
implies important duties for governments and polities.
For example, the
principle
that property rights should be protected implies very little about the best way to achieve this under a society's existing institutional preconditions.
Similarly, the
principle
that private incentives should be aligned with social costs and benefits hardly results in unconditional support for policies of trade liberalization, deregulation, and privatization.
In principle, such a depreciation against all of the world’s currencies is manageable.
"Evil" is a religious term, not a foreign policy
principle.
The Berlin summit confirms the general
principle
that the Presidency of the European Commission is now such a priority that no-one is likely to be considered as a candidate unless he or she has reached the rank of prime minister.
Indeed, the basic
principle
taught in the first weeks of any elementary economics course is to let bygones be bygones – don’t cry over spilt milk.
Following the creation of SDRs in 1969, IMF members committed to make them “the
principle
reserve asset in the international monetary system,” as stated in the Articles of Agreement.
The idea of a nation-state’s sovereignty is rooted in the seventeenth-century Treaty of Westphalia, which embraced non-interference by external agents in states’ domestic affairs as the guiding
principle
of international relations.
In his classic On Liberty, John Stuart Mill used the “harm principle” to express the view that a person’s individual liberty could be limited only in order to protect others and avoid harm.
In principle, there are only three ways to procure it: by withdrawing it from food or fodder production, from the production of natural materials – particularly wood – or from nature.
At the same time, India has long advocated for the
principle
of “common but differentiated responsibility,” which holds that the industrialized countries that have contributed the most to global warming have a larger obligation to address it.
Such a tax is consistent with international law, including the “polluter pays” principle, and would provide a new and predictable source of finance – amounting to billions of dollars – for the communities that need it most, without letting governments off the hook for providing public sources of finance.
And the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has long been based on the
principle
that the Palestinians should exercise their right of national self-determination in a separate state on the other side of the pre-1967 borders.
Worse, banks failed to understand the first
principle
of risk management: diversification only works when risks are not correlated, and macro-shocks (such as those that affect housing prices or borrowers’ ability to repay) affect the probability of default for all mortgages.
Yes, the
principle
of regulating bank capital seems sensible.
Principle
permits no ambiguity and no gradations.
The right to make mistakes without apologizing for them is a cherished
principle
of American “exceptionalism.”
In principle, greater inequality produces a demand for more redistribution.
At first, most of ASEAN’s member governments responded mildly to the verdict, expressing their “disappointment” – a stance that reflects the group’s
principle
of noninterference in fellow members’ internal politics.
Only a stronger Europe will at last implement the
principle
of reciprocity in order to protect European businesses and prevent them from relocating, which has been the main cause of unemployment.
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