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For Mayer, a library is a place “where each person is pursuing their own aim (education, entertainment, affect, rest) with respect to others, through the best possible medium of the transmission of ideas, feelings, and knowledge – the book.”
But the response they are pursuing is fundamentally flawed, given its dependence on “renewable energy sources” – such as solar, hydro, and wind power, as well as biofuels – that actually damage nature.
Last January, the Business & Sustainable Development Commission, which I chair, estimated in its flagship report that companies could unlock $12 trillion globally in revenue and savings by pursuing sustainable business models.
Such an environment could include carbon pricing, which a growing number of businesses are pursuing internally, and tax credits for carbon efficiency.
To be sure, many states undergoing political transition are doggedly pursuing some form of justice.
For development to take off, countries require moderately stable and efficient governments pursuing appropriate economic policies.
For European banks – which must navigate vast differences in culture, language, and law in pursuing cross-border mergers – this has been much more difficult, especially because many of them also need to cut overcapacity drastically.
In addition to the use of drones, conservation rangers are now equipped with heat-detecting thermal cameras and military helicopters, and can track elephant and rhino poachers, who reportedly use similar technologies (as well as automatic weapons) in pursuing their prey.
For their part, governments seem convinced that the best way to close the gap is to increase the number of students pursuing degrees in the so-called “STEM” subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
Pursuing solely national policies on technology transfer runs contrary to that goal.
Fortunately, the government has clearly acknowledged the education challenge and is pursuing it through school reforms, increased investments, and the introduction of new information technologies in the classroom.
At a time when the global order is increasingly uncertain, Asia should take its fate into its own hands, by pursuing closer economic and political regional cooperation.
As described, they serve the valuable function of preventing those in power from shooting themselves in the foot by pursuing short-sighted policies.
Even the British, despite their reputation for pursuing their interests in a cool and calm fashion, apparently are not immune.
I have been encouraged to see more academic researchers pursuing this topic than in the past.
And there is an even greater push for infrastructure investment in emerging economies – especially China, which is pursuing projects both at home and abroad.
Yet pursuing war where diplomatic means - weapons inspections, threats of retaliation in the face of Iraqi aggression, readiness of the UN to act if dangers from Iraq become imminent - might suffice could result in huge and avoidable economic (as well as other) costs.
One traditional industry in which progress is being made is the automotive branch, where companies are pursuing digitalization.
A third complaint made against Germany is that it engages in beggar-thy-neighbor behavior, by pursuing restrictive fiscal policies that have created an excessive current-account surplus of close to 9% of GDP.
A single, one-size-fits-all solution, such as what the EU Commission and the ECB are pursuing, amounts to an attempt to fight Europe’s smoldering bank fires with gasoline.
Responding to this underlying shift, King Abdullah has been pursuing a “look East” policy since 2005, resulting in trade worth more than $60 billion.
In pursuing this policy, Netanyahu has done considerably more than many of his predecessors to improve living conditions in the West Bank.
Obama’s main objectives in pursuing an Israeli-Palestinian peace are ensuring American soldiers’ safety on the battlefields of the wider Middle East and improving America’s standing in the Arab world.
Indeed, the US is pursuing a strategy of primacy in Asia, not a partnership between equals, and this, together with China’s own internal tensions, is undermining China’s ability to participate productively in regional and global forums.
At the same time, the Turkish government is pursuing a separate path of negotiations, through a rapprochement with another Kurdish authority – the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq.
Apparently, the Chinese government is meticulously building a case against Zhou by pursuing two critical leads.
Malicious observers suggest that she is to blame for pursuing populist social expenditures.
“Abenomics” in Japan has yet to yield results, and the European Central Bank is following in the footsteps of America and Japan, pursuing quantitative easing in an effort to shore up demand.
In an ideal world, universal, high-quality education at all levels would be worth pursuing.
Politically, Trump stands to gain much more by leading the way toward a new multilateral free-trade agreement than he would by pursuing isolationism and allowing China to assume trade leadership in Asia.
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