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But the real danger is that powerful lobbies, working through members of Congress, are pushing back hard against the FSOC and its mandate.
Europe is pushing for ambitious targets but is having trouble with its own vested interests.
Lastly, the purely technocratic approach is a recipe for pushing older voters into the arms of populists.
Beyond North Korea, the UN recently warned that the ongoing conflict in Yemen, which rarely makes headlines, is “rapidly pushing the country toward social, economic, and institutional collapse.”
The good news is that growing discipline seems to be pushing out low-return investment.
Far from pushing through structural reforms, they let domestic wages and costs rip, reducing their competitiveness relative to Europe’s better-run economies.
But China is not alone in pushing Asia to the global forefront.
Similarly, while it is understandable that the US does not want to foot the bill for its allies’ security, Trump’s ham-fisted approach to pushing America’s NATO allies to increase their defense spending is not helping.
Europe’s attitude is pushing Turkey towards forging alliances with its traditional regional rivals, Russia and Iran.
Cultural pressure is already pushing people to favor particular traits in their offspring; in the United States, for example, buyers in the market for human eggs can shop for height, hair color, and intelligence.
He is apparently more interested in making money than pushing back against, say, the network’s propagation of incendiary claims about Muslims, including that they are trying to impose Sharia law on the US.
It found these in the US, mainly in the form Treasury and other government-backed securities, in turn pushing other investors into more speculative investments.
Nor has the European Neighborhood Policy gathered any momentum, while the EU’s treatment of Turkey is pushing an important ally in the wrong direction.
Back in 2015, I was pushing for substantive debt restructuring by means of linking the volume of debt and the rate of repayment to the size of Greece’s nominal GDP and its rate of growth, respectively.
Given lax fiscal discipline, the ECB will likely react with more monetary rigidity, pushing politicians, already enamored with the social state, to spend and tax even more.
In this context, it seems possible that the US will end up pushing Venezuela’s opposition not to cut off oil to Cuba, even as it pressures the government to free political prisoners and pursue fairer and more transparent governance.
As we commemorate Einstein's achievement, we should also seize the opportunity to celebrate the unrelenting spirit of those who are pushing ahead and trying to answer the questions his theory left us.
In Asia, the US has been playing a similar role in pushing for multilateral resolution of dangerous bilateral disputes between China and its many neighbors over territories in the East and South China Seas, while at the same time restraining US allies who might otherwise provoke crises.
There have already been seven governments since 2011, with social turmoil pushing policymakers into a defensive mode that has stifled any reformist impulse.
This may not come as welcome news to those pushing for an immediate phase-out of hydrocarbons.
After all, by pushing the middle-class tax hikes to a later date, they have designed their plan to get them through the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 general election.
Unfortunately, the new generation of investment and free-trade agreements that American and European leaders are pushing for today – often with exaggerated promises of economic benefits – provide for none of this.
Specifically, the G-20 should move to empower the International Monetary Fund, both by pushing it to do more with its existing powers and by championing institutional reform.
Meanwhile, not only is fiscal austerity pushing the eurozone periphery into economic free-fall, but the loss of competitiveness there will persist as relief at the waning prospect of disorderly defaults strengthens the euro’s value.
Do we view globalization – with technology, communication, migration, and travel pushing us closer together – as something to be embraced but made to work fairly, or as a threat to our traditional way of life that must be resisted?
Holding euros and acquiring euro-denominated securities have become attractive again around the world, pushing up the exchange rate and causing new difficulties.
However, Islamists were among the 29 parliamentary deputies pushing for constituency reform, a fact that eased their dilemma.
Hiding behind cosmopolitanism in such instances – when pushing for trade agreements, for example – is a poor substitute for winning policy battles on their merits.
First, the fiscal-stimulus policies that are currently pushing the annual US growth rate above its 2% potential are unsustainable.
There is also the steady drumbeat of terrorist violence in Iraq – violence that risks pushing the country into full-scale civil war.
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