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The French do not care that they have never been able to articulate their vision of a “third way,” for they remain deeply convinced that the state has a key role to play in steering markets in order to defend “higher” values from the single-minded
pursuit
of materialism.
The US, in particular, could intensify its
pursuit
of bilateral deals, by which it is able to impose increasingly inappropriate policy priorities on smaller nations.
For its part, the international community must embrace Hamas’s involvement in the
pursuit
of a peaceful settlement of the Palestine-Israel conflict.
Yet Hong Kong-style capitalism is not founded simply on the
pursuit
of material gain.
The continued
pursuit
of austerity, a growing number of countries recognize, undermines the acknowledged goal of sustained non-inflationary growth.
Their primary concern was the government’s interference in the legal process in its
pursuit
of the case.
Political and policy narratives are becoming more domestic and narrow, while the international agenda and the
pursuit
of collective common global interests are having greater difficulty being heard.
Some analysts have recently claimed that this is because the
pursuit
of GDP growth, job creation, and financial stability, as well as the establishment of priorities when there are tradeoffs, clearly requires political decisions, which should not be made by unelected officials alone.
When Merkel’s new government is in place, Germany will assume an even more important role in the
pursuit
of greater European integration – a process that will demand additional sacrifices, including the ceding of national sovereignty.
But much of the pharmaceutical industry has abandoned this
pursuit.
Georgia’s democracy exists in its head, but not yet in its body: citizens still spurn politics as a dirty pursuit, abandoning the ground to those who should have been retired long ago.
Several products that could revolutionize transfusion medicine have already been developed in the
pursuit
of shelf-stable, portable, one-type-fits-all blood substitutes, which could replace standard blood transfusions in extreme situations, such as on the battlefield.
Stein’s view, expressed in a speech earlier this spring, is that central banks should be less aggressive in their
pursuit
of full employment in an environment of heightened financial risk.
Every day, scores of people there die in
pursuit
of dignity.
While that logic certainly appeals to Europeans today, Hamilton insisted on a stronger reason for pursuing sound finance than merely the
pursuit
of expediency.
But the most important – and the most worrying – qualities they share is an ability to substitute salesmanship for substance, a willingness to tell bald-faced lies in
pursuit
of publicity and advantage, and an eagerness to intimidate critics into silence.
He embraces the logic of reforms that are possible within a multi-party democracy, and he believes in the critical role that dialogue and compromise play in the
pursuit
of genuine progress.
The relentless
pursuit
of higher income is leading to unprecedented inequality and anxiety, rather than to greater happiness and life satisfaction.
Second, relentless
pursuit
of GNP to the exclusion of other goals is also no path to happiness.
Instead, single-minded
pursuit
of GNP has led to great inequalities of wealth and power, fueled the growth of a vast underclass, trapped millions of children in poverty, and caused serious environmental degradation.
As individuals, we are unhappy if we are denied our basic material needs, but we are also unhappy if the
pursuit
of higher incomes replaces our focus on family, friends, community, compassion, and maintaining internal balance.
As a society, it is one thing to organize economic policies to keep living standards on the rise, but quite another to subordinate all of society’s values to the
pursuit
of profit.
The mad
pursuit
of corporate profits is threatening us all.
This often makes for manipulative media that distort and mislead in the
pursuit
of readers and ratings.
Cooperation would also need to comprise much more than mere joint policy development, and should involve the practical
pursuit
of mutually beneficial, smaller-scale ad hoc projects.
By deterring threats to national sovereignty, military power supports peace; and, in Brazil’s case, it underpins our country’s constructive role in the
pursuit
of global stability.
“The stability requirements of the system as a whole,” Padoa-Schioppa argued, “are inconsistent with the
pursuit
of economic and monetary policy forged solely on the basis of domestic rationales.”
But what they see is small-mindedness and the
pursuit
of narrow self-interest.
Ironically, it is China’s rulers who are now scrambling to resurrect Confucius as a moral anchor in a culture dominated by the
pursuit
of money.
If India’s
pursuit
of peace strengthens like-minded Pakistani politicians who are struggling against their own hawks, it is worth attempting.
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