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There exists today a basic, even on an occasion a ritualistic, consensus regarding the notion that democracy and human rights are the points of departure for political organization with some form of free market with varying degrees of social responsibility based on private entrepreneurship as the basis for economic activity.
If, say, the United Nations agreed to shoulder that responsibility, the war in Yemen could be ended very quickly, protecting civilians from further casualties.
Pinker's message will appeal to those eager to avoid political reforms that would compel a greater sense of collective responsibility.
After weeks of swirling wrath, primary responsibility eventually landed on BP’s shoulders.
Responsibility for launching programs to distribute food more equitably would also fall to governments.
Public hearings were held in London to identify “where responsibility for the death lies.”
That’s a good thing; such surveillance is the IMF’s responsibility.
Ultimate moral responsibility for what was done by Milosevic rests with Serbia’s people.
Although the responsibility of industrialized countries and emerging economies in the battle against carbon emissions is now well known, Africa’s place in the climate agenda has been largely neglected.
Donbas risks becoming a tar baby for which no one wants to take responsibility.
In many ways, Liberal Order 2.0 – underpinned by institutions like the World Trade Organization and the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as new norms like the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) – sought to shape the world in the West’s image.
This would operate much like the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established in 2010 to address America’s fiscal challenges, or the military-base-closing commissions of the 1980s and 1990s.
By splitting the responsibility between the country’s two main parties, the commission would free its members from the pressures of day-to-day politics and allow them to concentrate on the health of the economy.
From Germany’s perspective, the most obvious objection to these arguments is that it is not the German government’s responsibility to manage international demand.
And financial stability is again a central-bank responsibility, including for the more conservative European Central Bank.
The US has an extra responsibility to help.
Add to this responsibility the moral imperative and legal obligation to help those fleeing violence and persecution, and it is clear that the US should not only offer vastly increased assistance to the countries accommodating large numbers of refugees, but also accept larger numbers of refugees itself.
But the unintended outcomes produced by efforts to implement the “R2P” doctrine – most notably, in Libya in 2011 – have led countries largely to abandon their responsibility.
Likewise, launching initial public offerings on European stock exchanges has strengthened Russian corporations’ governance, social responsibility, and treatment of minority shareholders.
The push towards a modern welfare state accelerated after the Great Depression, when the state took on the responsibility for macroeconomic stabilization – a role that required the maintenance of a large middle class by widening the provision of public goods through progressive taxation of incomes and wealth and fostering economic opportunity for all.
By establishing himself as a voice of reason, moderation, and responsibility, Macron tried to lay the groundwork for his emergence as a real agent of change.
Monti now has the unique opportunity to take another page out of the Nordic playbook by turning his set of centrist policies into a collective narrative of political responsibility.
It is Europe’s responsibility to convince Russia that there is no hope of a return to the past.
Clearly, the responsibility to implement sound economic policies rests with African countries themselves.
Every country has the right to introduce nuclear power, as well as a responsibility to do it correctly.
Nuclear safety is primarily a national responsibility, but, since risks transcend national borders, close international cooperation is needed.
If the eligibility age were to increase, responsibility for health care for many people would simply be dumped back onto their employers, resulting in higher health-care costs for all working people.
And, though the Fed was partly responsible for the regulatory failures that led to the global economy’s near-meltdown in 2008-2009, post-crisis reform has left it with even greater authority and more responsibility for overseeing the financial system.
We can expect to hear a lot of talk in New York next month about the international community’s responsibility to do more to help existing refugees and address the conditions driving them to flee their homelands.
The GIA took responsibility for some of the massacres.
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