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The League party, which captured the North, also promises to dismantle the pension reform, as well to cut taxes, and has openly mooted the idea of leaving the euro.
As the United States Congress begins to debate the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), a titanic struggle between the forces of free trade and protectionism promises to unfold.
Voters, particularly in the advanced economies, are jaded by years of broken political promises, revelations of cover-ups, and relentless political and media spin.
They painted a wholly false picture of the country’s circumstances – from its role in the EU to the impact of immigration – and knowingly made impossible promises about what would happen if the public voted “Leave.”
On the one hand, he promises to fix all the world’s problems, and to show China, Russia, the Islamic State, or anyone else who is boss.
Volumes have been written, countless symposiums have been held, and famous promises have been made by the likes of former US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke never to repeat Japan’s mistakes.
Japan’s TPP TransformationTOKYO – On October 5, after years of exhausting – and exhaustive – haggling, a dozen Pacific Rim countries finally signed up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement that promises everything from more trade to a cleaner environment.
People will judge the fairness of these outcomes in terms of what they were told, and what kinds of implicit promises they inferred.
All this will not matter much if central banks live up to their reputation as responsible and powerful institutions that deliver on their economic promises.
Their prior ability to deliver on promises and expectations has made today’s financial markets take the forward pricing of the economy to levels that exceed what central bankers alone can reasonably deliver.
The Poverty of Thinking About PovertyThe World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg is, as expected, contemplating numerous bold promises, but the meeting itself is doomed to be an exercise in futility.
The proliferation of “augmented reality” – an overlay of digital information (as developed by Google Glass, among others) – promises to transform everyday activities into a digital/physical hybrid experience in which customer feedback is instantly and seamlessly available to shoppers.
In fact, many of the promises Trump made to his supporters during the campaign are highly divisive and even dangerous, and their implementation could have serious adverse effects on the lives of ordinary Americans, triggering civil unrest.
However busy Trump is planning the transition to the White House – selecting his cabinet and prioritizing his many promises – he must not ignore this risk.
The remedy it offers, investment in education and skills, promises few immediate rewards and would bear fruit years from now, at best.
In a leaked letter, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich explicitly acknowledged to Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev the impossibility of fulfilling Putin’s spending promises, and proposed a radical revision of current fiscal plans.
It promises an exciting journey into unexplored intellectual territory, as we seek to understand the peculiarity of our species.
Unrest may reflect more a sense of betrayal – that others are not living up to their implied promises or are not behaving honorably.
Less damaging, yet problematic, is the election – as in Poland – of a minority government that ruthlessly pursues its members’ personal interests and breaks all promises of cooperation made before the polls.
Having spent 2013 consolidating his position and formulating his agenda, this year Xi will have to begin delivering on his promises and demonstrating that he is as capable of applying power as he is at accumulating it.
Xi’s agenda offers only vague promises of increased property rights for farmers, while recent government pronouncements indicate that the bureaucracy wants to restrict such rights.
With his political future depending on his ability to deliver on his reform promises, the last thing Xi needs is a foreign-policy distraction – let alone a disastrous military misadventure.
In focusing on summit declarations and promises of far-reaching reforms of EU institutions, investors are missing the real risk: the collapse of public support for, or at least public acquiescence to, the austerity policies required to work down heavy debt burdens – and for the governments pursuing these policies.
So, if Macron fails to deliver on his promises, a Euroskeptic like Le Pen could well win France’s next election.
Judging by China’s reform progress in recent years, and the current government’s repeated promises to deepen those efforts, I am confident that the country’s leaders will respond to the recent crash by reaffirming the financial-reform agenda.
This is wrong on all counts: Africa is trapped in poverty, many countries are well poised to use aid effectively, and America’s contribution is tiny relative to Africa’s needs, America’s promises, and America’s wealth.
International financial promises are made for headlines and photo opportunities, but end up undelivered.
An accelerating convergence of the biological, physical, and engineering sciences promises a stunning array of new technological solutions.
That promises not only more timely and effective therapies for cancer, but also similar advances against other currently intractable diseases.
The EU's reluctant number two country has served unofficial notice that it, too, does not plan to abide by its deficit-reduction promises.
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