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In Germany, it’s called “activating social aid” or “combi wages,” but the
principle
is the same: the state should reduce the money it pays for doing nothing and pay more for participating in the work force.
But it could, in principle, step in – if Northern Europe permitted.
US President Barack Obama’s use of drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen derives from the same
principle.
Unlike gold or tulips, whose supply is fixed in the short term and constrained by nature in the medium term, immaterial Bitcoin could in
principle
be created in infinite quantities.
It suggests a framework for reducing emissions that respects the development needs of China’s households, addresses US firms’ competitiveness concerns, and adheres to the
principle
of “common but differentiated responsibilities” embedded in international negotiations.
Yet none of them act on that
principle
in other areas.
But the
principle
of debt forgiveness clearly has applications for public debt as well, especially in the eurozone.
Moreover, such commonalities go beyond the
principle
of humanity and the Golden Rule of Reciprocity.
For a country like Poland, NATO’s lofty
principle
of collective defense, while essential to national security, remains, in the absence of appropriate military capabilities and on-the-ground practicability, merely a political commitment.
When Poland joined NATO 15 years ago, it was understood that Article 5 – the “all for one, and one for all”
principle
that provides for a collective response to an armed attack on any member – would be the cornerstone of the country’s security.
The same
principle
applies to NATO’s Security Investment Program.
In this context, the steady build-up of China's short- to medium-range missile capability is a cause for alarm, such missiles being the
principle
threat against Taiwan.
Last Taxi to EuropeROME – The contrast between Europe’s resistance to Uber and America’s warmer reception for the ride-sharing service highlights once again how European regulatory structures, in
principle
designed to protect consumers, end up protecting entrenched suppliers and stifling innovation.
Another purported advantage of European bonds could be risk pooling: if the risks that individual eurozone members experience payment difficulties were not too dissimilar – and not too closely correlated – joint issuance of bonds should, in principle, reduce credit risk for European bonds relative to the average risk of national bonds.
“Solidarity” in the true sense means that all euro-zone countries should comply with EMU’s fundamental rules by adhering to the Stability and Growth Pact and the “no bail-outs”
principle.
The Fed no doubt fears that if the
principle
of requiring a formal rule is accepted, Congress could tighten the requirement, forcing a more restrictive monetary policy.
In their book Young Trudeau, Max Nemni, Monique Nemni, and William Johnson quote from Canadian leader Pierre Trudeau’s 1930’s notes on Corporatism from a class at the elite Jesuit academy where he studied: “The democratic
principle
has contributed to the undermining of civilization by impeding the development of the elite.”
A subsidiarity
principle
even grants senior cadres discretion in delegating powers to underlings.
Ambitious recent proposals to provide comprehensive assistance to battered Puerto Rico could, in principle, facilitate debt restructuring, though it is too early to say.
This
principle
was stipulated by the 2002Arab peace initiative, and was previously realized in Israel’s peace with Egypt and Jordan.
The Clinton era gave us active democracy-promotion as the
principle
tool of American foreign policy, which George W. Bush’s administration took to unprecedented extremes.
Few of us are surprised (though some may be disappointed) when a federal judgeship is awarded or a senior diplomat appointed because the candidate passes a litmus test of loyalty to some
principle
that is important to the President's or Prime Minister's party.
In principle, efficient taxation of extractive industries should enable societies to maximize the benefits of nature’s bounty.
One could follow, for example, Adam Smith’s
principle
of comparative advantage: what Europe does best is the state, while Asia still relies on the family and the US continues to focus on individual initiative.
“Less excess and more access”must become the
principle
that guides development policy.
An important step not taken was to end the
principle
of unanimity that rules decisionmaking in the EU Council of Ministers, and replacing it with a system of qualified-majority voting.
If we stick to that principle, the EU will have a much better chance of regaining global influence.
It is this imperative that underlies the importance of the coming decision, for it provides an occasion for the Court to reassert the fundamental
principle
of non-discrimination that defines our democratic societies.
It is certainly right, in principle, to argue that the banks should participate in financing the resolution of the debt crisis.
This is precisely the
principle
that today’s Russia, which lacks soft power, views as a threat.
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