Reluctant
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Moreover, the increasingly activist government has left businesses uneasy about future regulatory and tax measures, and thus
reluctant
to invest.
The United Kingdom has been
reluctant
to join the hydraulic-fracturing (or fracking) revolution.
Hollande’s victory thus may be a sign that democratic countries have become
reluctant
to be led by flamboyant or charismatic presidents or prime ministers.
During the First World War, however, Japan was
reluctant
to send troops to Europe despite repeated requests from the Allies.
The British, meanwhile, have always been classic
reluctant
member - always late, always unwillingly dragged along in the wake of the front-runners, but seldom offering alternative proposals.
While governments may be
reluctant
to take on new debt, private investors seeking higher returns than government bonds can offer have always participated in infrastructure financing.
For starters, the US will be more
reluctant
to absorb a disproportionate share of the cost of providing global public goods.
Neither is an easy task, and the precedent of incompetence established by Japan’s Democratic Party since it defeated the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party may make some South Korean voters
reluctant
to abandon the familiar and battle-tested GNP.
It is thus not surprising that some Europeans - particularly the French - are so
reluctant
to reform the international organizations, even in terms of cutting waste and inefficiency at the UN.
In doing so, officials are
reluctant
to take into account that the recent crisis resulted from an unprecedented credit boom gone bust.
But, in the case of Turkey, Europe has long been
reluctant
to provide the same sort of incentives and hopes.
And because they are
reluctant
to take on more risk, or change their requirements without knowing the final benefits of doing so, deadlock sets in.
Given the Kim regime’s past negotiating tactics, Obama is understandably
reluctant
to launch any new diplomatic initiative and may well believe that negotiating with North Korea would provide his domestic political opponents with ammunition to ruin his Iran deal.
Maybe the best news about CAFTA is that the US Congress is
reluctant
to take it on during an election year.
But this position looks increasingly doubtful when the banks are sitting on piles of cash while creditworthy consumers and businesses are
reluctant
to borrow.
This makes it extremely difficult to let workers go, which makes employers
reluctant
to hire new people in the first place.
For the Arab world, which was previously
reluctant
to display such solidarity – witness Palestine, where European money sustains basic services – this is a welcome novelty.
Fearful of a relapse of end-market demand in a still-shaky post-crisis world, Asian policymakers have been
reluctant
to take an aggressive stand for price stability.
As long as NATO remains
reluctant
to enter into a dialogue with the SCO, such a cautious attitude looks set to linger, and may even intensify.
And a mechanism to authorize the new deal – such as a grand coalition actually empowered by elections (not just
reluctant
support by major parties for technocratic leaders like Italy’s Mario Monti) – is essential.
The theory of “debt overhang” – the intellectual origin of the proposal – explains why troubled banks are
reluctant
to issue new equity: the benefits accrue mostly to the bank’s bondholders and dilute existing shareholders.
It this is so, why then are Americans and West Europeans so
reluctant
to follow their better instincts?
They might well be
reluctant
to swallow the harsh medicine that Italy needs.
The two sides of the city are united only in mutual economic dependence – the result of a policy that encouraged bringing Palestinian workers into Israel in the hope that jobs – and the fear of losing them – would make them
reluctant
to rebel.
Despite having allowed themselves to become Kremlin special-operations tools, the major social-media platforms have been
reluctant
to provide information to democratic governments and the public.
Hesitant to leave a large imprint in their wake, some ministries have no budgets, and ministers are
reluctant
to sign deals with foreign firms.
As a result, governments with limited fiscal room might be
reluctant
to consider it as an option.
But the PBC is also
reluctant
to buy dollars constantly.
The ESM has limited firepower, and, along with the ECB, will buy only the bonds of governments that ask, something that proud leaders are
reluctant
to do.
At a time of reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism, a less Christian Europe has been more
reluctant
to consider the spiritual specificity of Israel.
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