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Put differently, in a winner-take-all world, raising the average level of skills or education does nothing to alter the
skewed
distribution of income.
Our priorities seem
skewed
when climate policies promising a miniscule temperature impact will cost $1 trillion a year, while the World Food Program’s budget is 169 times lower, at $5.9 billion.
This is difficult, given that a
skewed
income distribution is usually a legacy of a country’s history.
In Germany, with no antitrust policy, there was no brake on the cartelization of industry, which made the average German poorer and the distribution of wealth more
skewed.
For most, the curriculum is largely obsolete, and
skewed
toward rote learning of theory at the expense of basic analytical and critical-thinking skills.
But as Democrats discovered in other recent debates, and as Republicans realized with a little help from the CNN organizers, who
skewed
the questions toward issues they feel strongly about, immigration is an issue that just won’t go away.
But here, too, a secret history has been revealed – one that highlights just how
skewed
global monetary governance has become.
And these losses are massively
skewed
in ways that are grossly inefficient, in addition to being completely unfair.
In the US, polls show that Trump’s supporters are
skewed
toward older, less-educated white males.
But, from the perspective of their group interests, these inter-vivos transfers represent a concession aimed at preserving from collapse a system that is
skewed
in their favor.
Risk aversion has gone hand in hand with
skewed
institutional priorities, as is evident in the Bank’s budget.
The same effect explains why Canada – with immigration
skewed
toward low-fertility Asian countries of origin – has had a significantly lower fertility rate of around 1.6.
Poverty is endemic, with more than three-quarters of Nigerians living on less than US$2 per day and distribution of income more
skewed
in favor of the rich than anywhere else in the world.
Moreover, while Nigeria is formally a democracy, the balance of power between citizens and public officials, including those at state and local government levels, is
skewed
in favor of the latter by virtue of their easy access to oil revenues.
But Borlaug’s death at 95 also is a reminder of how
skewed
our system of values has become.
The
skewed
incentives distorted our economy and our society.
Private investors’ shorter time horizon relative to the public sector has given rise to the “curse of good enough,” with incentives
skewed
toward maintaining rather than replacing and upgrading infrastructure.
But the
skewed
and unbalanced trade deals that produced these results were not imposed on the US by other countries.
The Chinese surplus, on the other hand, being heavily
skewed
towards US government bonds, primarily boosts personal consumption – a process whose apotheosis came in the early 2000’s, as the Bush administration’s tax cuts, together with cash-out home refinancing and home-equity loans, turned US sovereign debt into consumer credit.
If Japan’s status quo is to change, the country’s oddly
skewed
relationship with the US is one key factor.
But prices are precisely what individuals ultimately respond to, and there are many other examples of
skewed
incentives that contribute to disastrous outcomes where the correct incentives could help to promote a culture of prevention.
The admission that securities analysts deliberately
skewed
their research to attract investment-banking customers shows how easily the proper functioning of checks and balances in corporate governance can break down-even in the most advanced system-leaving minority shareholders at risk.
While poverty has decreased slightly since 1994, inequality has vaulted upward, fueled by extreme unemployment, state incapacity, corruption, and affirmative-action policies
skewed
toward the upper reaches of the economy (not to mention the pernicious legacy of apartheid).
Although the March 14 coalition already controlled Parliament, its majority had been repeatedly attacked as the result of a severely
skewed
election law.
At the moment, most media organizations are failing to tackle the problem, and if that results in more women leaving the industry altogether, journalism will become more
skewed
toward male perspectives than it already is.
If resource allocation is
skewed
toward physical capital at the expense of accumulating human capital – for which adequate consumption is indispensable – economic growth would be more likely to slow than rise.
But the longer-term trends driving such tragedies – including demographic shifts, inadequate legal routes to Europe, poor governance and economic prospects in origin countries, and
skewed
public perceptions of refugees and migrants – can, to various degrees, be addressed.
In any situation where, legally, one’s rights are not enforced or even specified, the outcome will probably depend on custom, which is heavily
skewed
in favor of the rich.
The problem is that the rules are often
skewed
in their favor.
Since many of the elderly have much to contribute to the economy through their experience and judgment, their choice between work and retirement should not be
skewed
and biased by government mandates and financial incentives.
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