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They are also inherently rigid, risk-averse, and
reluctant
to innovate, because they know that if they deviate from the letter of the law, or if an innovation goes awry, they will be chastised politically.
France does not want to rule out state-financed bailouts;Germany is
reluctant
to mutualize budgetary costs.
First, rich countries are deeply
reluctant
to embrace any collective plan that might impinge on their own domestic policy maneuvers.
Some American civil rights lawyers, out of natural deference to the United States Constitution’s First Amendment were, however,
reluctant
to sign up to this principle unless it was qualified by a reference to the threat of “imminent” violence.
But European officials—and not only the ECB-- seem very
reluctant
to admit that their economy is faltering, fearing that it will further weaken confidence and add to the slowdown pressures.
The developed countries are
reluctant
to make additional financial commitments.
They are
reluctant
members of the Bretton Woods institutions, which are dominated by countries that are no longer dominant.
For example, The Economist’s recent portrait of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti shows that Italy continues to be stymied by labor rules that make businesses
reluctant
to expand beyond 15 employees (after which it becomes hard for a firm to downsize).
But national governments remain
reluctant
to delegate authority: in November 2004, the European Council accepted qualified majority voting on measures concerning illegal migration, but left restrictions on legal migration subject to unanimity rules, as if legal and illegal migration were not merely two sides of the same coin.
One wonders whether CCP leaders worry that their offspring will be brainwashed by Western values; they evidently already are
reluctant
to send their children to local universities.
But, despite Ethiopia’s progress, the international community (especially the West) has been
reluctant
to view the country as a strategic partner.
Brazil has always been
reluctant
to involve itself in its neighbors’ domestic conflicts.
Moreover, since farmers who do have access to formal credit will have less incentive to repay their loans, banks will become more
reluctant
to lend to any farmers at all.
Yet Germany’s corporate sector remains
reluctant
to borrow and invest in the country, because it sees little reason to expect long-term economic growth, given that the population is set to decline and productivity gains remain anemic.
Drawn from Jordan, Pakistan, and Yemen, they are not
reluctant
to beat and kill protesters, for they know that any change at the top would mean defeat not only for the al-Khalifas, but for themselves as well.
Another factor impeding QE’s impact in the eurozone is low bond yields, which, by increasing measured pension-fund deficits, make some companies
reluctant
to invest and thus more likely to raise contribution rates and limit pension benefits.
Unfortunately, President Bush has been as
reluctant
to admit the mistakes of his economic policy as he has in the case of his Iraqi misadventure.
To be sure, Khamenei is
reluctant
to meet with non-Muslim foreign leaders.
Iran’s leadership will be extremely
reluctant
to withdraw from the forward positions the country has gained across the Middle East over the past decade, beachheads which regime hardliners regard as crucial national-security and foreign-policy assets.
Multiculturalists are
reluctant
to endorse this part of the cosmopolitan bargain, but liberals must.
At a time when the US is
reluctant
or unable to project military might to back up its foreign-policy goals, it is seeking to use financial might as a surrogate.
Naturally, politicians are
reluctant
to face up to choices between the unacceptable (permanent stagnation), the unthinkable (leaving the euro), and the hard-to-do (reform).
People can even be
reluctant
to “harm” robots that they know can feel nothing at all.
Pharmaceutical companies have been
reluctant
to make the antiretroviral medications used to treat HIV/AIDS available in a cost-effective manner for public-health use.
These countries have been more hesitant in trade matters, more ambiguous in the instruments they have chosen for managing the crisis, and remain
reluctant
to deal with environmental issues.
Because South Korea and Japan are
reluctant
to invest in the Russian Far East, due in large part to deficient infrastructure and public security (as well as to unresolved territorial issues for Japan), Moscow is forced to play its China card again.
From an investor’s perspective, the mechanics of this are simple: all are
reluctant
to hold private or public debt from a country that is vulnerable to redenomination.
Israel was among the first parties to welcome the Arab League’s
reluctant
decision to back Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s call for Arabs to give their blessing to the talks.
Having initially been seduced by the idea that the IPL showcased the alluring face of a brave new entrepreneurial India, I am
reluctant
to embrace the opposite view instantly.
Those confrontations ended with a truce of sorts – though skirmishes have continued – because US forces have been
reluctant
to fight Sunni insurgents and Shi’a militiamen at the same time.
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