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And public-health efforts to curb air pollution and smoking could reduce the prevalence of lung cancer in Asia and Africa.
His promise to restore coal-mining jobs (which now number 51,000, less than 0.04% of the country’s nonfarm employment) overlooks the harsh conditions and health risks endemic in that industry, not to mention the technological advances that would continue to reduce employment in the industry even if coal production were revived.
But we can address both issues simultaneously and reduce emissions by imposing a charge (a tax) for CO2 emissions.
The tax would also provide firms with incentives to innovate in ways that reduce energy usage and emissions – giving them a dynamic competitive advantage.
One is that they intervene directly in markets, both domestic and across borders, to reduce competition and volatility while they rebuild their buffering capacity.
To demand that Germany should stop increasing its competitiveness, or even reduce it, is simply bizarre.
Both countries managed to reduce inflation gradually while maintaining economic growth.
To defuse the protests, President Jacques Chirac was forced to withdraw the provision, and instead has proposed hiring subsidies as a way to reduce youth joblessness.
Regarding taxes, the government has adopted measures to reduce evasion and increase collection rates.
Development aid, properly channeled, also has the potential to mobilize private investment if it is spent to reduce risk.
Reducing the labor supply in economically depressed areas of Europe and increasing it in booming regions would do much to reduce differences in wages and unemployment rates.
The Germans see no reason to take measures to reduce their own super-competitiveness.
Will the current economic reforms reduce inequality, or will the prosperity of some continue to be built on the misery of others?
This time around, however, at a November 2014 OPEC meeting, Saudi Arabia blocked a motion by other members to reduce production in response to falling prices.
Moreover, during his administration the much-admired Progresa social program to reduce rural poverty was launched.
A good starting point was the end of the Cold War which enabled the US to reduce military spending by around 2.5% of GDP (comparing 1990 and 2000), a saving worth around $225 billion per year.
This helped Clinton reduce the budget deficit in a rather painless manner.
When Clinton came to office in 1993, he had to make several key choices:1. promote free trade, in line with policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations, or turn more protectionist as his trade-union allies urged?2. reduce the budget deficit, in line with mainstream economic thinking, or boost government spending, as many left-of-center economists were arguing?
A new labor code has been adopted, but delivers scant liberalization because it does not reduce the mandatory severance pay of three months' salary and enhances the role of the official trade unions.
Low interest rates help to contain the cost of sterilization at the national level and reduce costs at the firm level – again at the expense of households.
For example, burning cleaner fuels helps to reduce outdoor air pollution, which, according to the World Health Organization, currently causes about 3.7 million premature deaths a year.
But corruption remains a profound and persistent threat to this effort, and if the government cannot reduce it significantly – especially among its anti-drug forces – a return to tolerance is inevitable.
If they take their fiscal deficits (and a potential monetization of these deficits) seriously and raise taxes, reduce spending, and mop up excess liquidity, they could undermine the already weak recovery.
The next step readily follows: in order to repay, or at least reduce, the national debt, the government must eliminate its budget deficit, because the excess of spending over revenue continually adds to the national debt.
But trying to reduce it now will be a net burden on future generations: income will be lowered immediately, profits will fall, pension funds will be diminished, investment projects will be canceled or postponed, and houses, hospitals, and schools will not be built.
Finally, low borrowing costs for governments do not automatically reduce the cost of capital for the private sector.
Using computer modeling to optimize stock-to-cash ratios, portfolio insurance told investors to reduce the weight on stocks in falling markets as a way of limiting downside risk.
Preventing Toxic Stress in ChildrenCambridge – What if political leaders around the world could improve school achievement and job readiness, reduce crime, and extend healthy life expectancy – but the results would not be seen until after they left public office?
With very low interest rates reducing the rate of accumulation of pension assets, all but the wealthiest households will probably have to boost savings and/or reduce consumption, now and in the future.
Still others would do well to reduce the tax burden, in particular for low- and middle-wage earners.
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