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Third, there is lack of trust among the social groups called on to make sacrifices.
Developing countries, some also argue, cannot afford human rights, since the tasks of nation-building and economic development remain unfinished; suspending or limiting human rights thus sacrifices the few to benefit the many.
Egyptians will not settle for an incomplete revolution – not now, and especially not after all of the sacrifices that have been made.
Indeed, the second lesson of the London Conference of 1933 consists in governments’ unwillingness in times of great economic difficulty to make sacrifices that might entail a short-term cost.
For others, like the US, future sacrifices are already required, most likely through a combination of higher inflation, austerity, and “financial repression,” as governments seek to impose on savers negative real rates of return.
Building on the sacrifices of true heroes and genuine democrats, journalists and cartoonists like Hajjaj will continue to speak truth to power, as they fight for basic human rights like freedom of the press.
The American public is simply not being asked to make any serious sacrifices.
This approach too often sacrifices long-term essential objectives to short-term concerns.
One must hope that the funds raised will be put to good use, and that repayments will not require major sacrifices, as there is currently no agreed mechanism to restructure, let alone cancel, the new debts.
Everyone will have to make sacrifices.
It is unrealistic to expect Iraqi politicians to make substantial political sacrifices while their constituents are fighting Americans and one another.
Now, it is up to the British public to think deeply about the benefits and sacrifices implicit in EU membership.
The sacrifices of the participating countries would alleviate the CO2 problem only if their restraint meant that some of the fossil resources they do not consume remain underground.
Of course, this will require some sacrifices.
If all of these groups join the Japanese public in accepting reasonable sacrifices, Abe’s government can fulfill its promise and build a thriving economy.
And half of all respondents claim to make daily sacrifices to save for major expenditures.
In Europe, policymakers have failed to counter an expanding sovereign-debt crisis in the eurozone’s periphery, despite many summits and programs, multiple expensive bailouts, and the imposition of painful economic sacrifices on societies.
Making air-quality information available to all – essentially democratizing the data – allows people to engage better in the debate on what sacrifices are acceptable in the fight against air pollution; it also provides basic input for desperately needed research into the health effects of these new highly polluted environments.
After Hitler’s Reich collapsed, not least owing to the sacrifices of the Red Army, Stalin had carte blanche to extend Soviet power deep into the heart of Europe.
You can ask for greater sacrifices and require greater patience from people whose trust and full support you have managed to gain.
Instead, acknowledging Stalin is a way for Russians to recall a time of great deeds and perhaps even greater sacrifices.
If state managers can grab all productive resources and control access to them, this maximizes control – even if it sacrifices economic efficiency.
They are prepared to accept the inconveniences and sacrifices that will arise during the transition; indeed, they view the challenge of creating a zero-carbon economy as an opportunity to renew and improve their societies and communities.
Notwithstanding his free-market principles, he appreciated the Soviet Union for its World War II sacrifices, its prideful nationalism, and as a counterbalance to other self-interested foreign powers (read: the US).
One reason for this, no doubt, is anxiety that enlargement entails -- as it must -- some national or sectoral sacrifices of material economic interests; for example in the reform of the structural funds or the common agricultural policy.
But the main reason, I believe, is fear that these sacrifices will come on top of other economic difficulties which may arise as a result of the launch of the Euro, and will be difficult to explain to the voters.
Of course, these sacrifices might be worthwhile were they helping Greece reduce its public debt to manageable levels.
Corporate America and capital markets ought to reinforce that message, not as a political statement, but as a warning that a US economy that sacrifices the opportunities implied by the sustainability agenda will be less attractive to investors – and thus less prosperous.
But, guided by the principle of the survival of the fittest, states are increasingly preoccupied with their competitiveness and unwilling to make any sacrifices for the common good.
The latter proposal is a non-starter, not only because of the budgetary sacrifices it would entail, but also because it would create significant military imbalances on the continent.
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