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And it serves as a chilling reminder of the fundamental fragility of promises like that of ECB President Mario Draghi to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro.
The Chinese public is growing restive and increasingly questioning the system’s ability to deliver on official promises that the country’s economic “miracle” will continue.
Too often, leaders issue empty promises and offer unrealistic targets that only heighten pressure on over-stretched program directors.
So the former promises to deliver euros next June 1, while the latter promises to deliver yen.
These are hard promises to keep, for the simple reason that a budget deficit equals government spending minus tax revenue.
The promises by former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, the chief Brexit campaigner, were even more fulsome: Britons would have complete freedom to live, work, and study throughout Europe; untrammeled access to the EU single market; and full participation in whatever political institutions a post-Brexit government might feel like cherry-picking from the EU orchard.
Moreover, its abundance in southern countries promises to facilitate their economic development.
This is a year of both widespread hunger and solemn promises by the rich countries.
With the primary surplus gone, a default would no longer permit Tsipras to fulfill Syriza’s campaign promises; on the contrary, it would imply even bigger cutbacks in wages, pensions, and public spending than the “troika” – the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the IMF – is now demanding.
So a Greek default within the euro, far from allowing Syriza to honor its election promises, would inflict even greater austerity on Greek voters than they endured under the troika program.
The zone promises to kick-start a new round of liberalizing reforms and help China’s economy adapt to the latest demands of globalization.
The Shanghai free-trade zone promises to facilitate progress in three crucial areas.
The most notorious chapter of The Prince, Chapter XVIII, which explains the circumstances in which it is permissible – and even desirable – for rulers to break promises, appears to argue that the most successful rulers think “little about keeping faith" and know “how cunningly to manipulate men's minds."
Democratic politics and modern policymaking are based on promises.
Political parties and candidates use promises to woo voters, and then to win support for policies.
Yet modern politics tends to begin with pragmatism and proceed to broken promises.
These promises meant a great deal to Sharon as he faced domestic political challenges.
On trade, Romney promises to launch a trade war with China, and to declare it a currency manipulator on Day One – a promise that gives him little wiggle room.
The same can be said for Cuba, a country that is acutely vulnerable to Trump’s promises to roll back President Barack Obama’s policies.
For example, the PiS’s promises to reintroduce the death penalty and return Poland to its conservative Christian roots violate EU and Council of Europe standards.
Rather than slavishly believing policymakers’ assurances, emerging-market researchers have learned to be cynical about official promises.
And, though the UN cannot enforce the promises that leaders made, the summit catalyzed a popular demonstration that has moved the political spotlight back to the climate-change challenge, where it is likely to remain until governments take credible action.
But the Tea Party candidates who swept into Congress in 2010 failed to deliver on their promises to repeal “Obamacare” and substantially cut federal spending, further inflaming much of the Republican base.
On the contrary, it is precisely the middle class, bought off by promises of ever-greater material gains, that hopes to conserve the current political order.
Worse, the Obama administration found itself in the position of trying to block Chinese efforts to create a regional financial institution after the US itself was unable to deliver on promises to give China and other major emerging economies a greater say in the governance of the International Monetary Fund.
Of course, nobody – not even Trump himself – knows if he will keep his campaign promises.
If the government were simply fulfilling its campaign promises, it would already have rejected the proposal.
And among German voters, nothing could undermine support for the European project more than yet another set of broken promises.
Broken Promises for Syria’s ChildrenLONDON – If you ever lose faith in the power of hope, not to mention the importance of never giving up, remind yourself of the story of Mohammed Kosha.
This time, governments can leave their recycled promises and heady rhetoric at home; instead, they should carry with them concrete plans to deliver the $1.4 billion they have already pledged.
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