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At the same time, the right carbon price would enable a smooth transition away from fossil fuels by encouraging investments in technological innovation.
This is notable, because their ties with one another have never been easy or smooth.
But in the Middle East, where the stakes seem to rise with every passing week, the United States has not experienced smooth sailing.
With the right approach, it can manage a smooth transition from middle- to high-income status – a transition that would not only improve the wellbeing of China’s 1.3 billion citizens, but also reduce risks and uncertainties in the global economy.
At the same time, they facilitate the smooth exchange of content, enabling European consumers to make the most of their Internet connections.
Where these conditions exist – for example, a vibrant and autonomous civil society, as in Poland, or a strong pre-authoritarian tradition of pluralism, representation, and tolerance, as in the Czech Republic – the transition is relatively smooth.
It appears that climate engineering could buy us some time, and it is time that we need if we are to make a sustainable and smooth shift away from reliance on fossil fuels.
Beneath China’s powerful economic dynamo lie deep tensions, inequalities, and cleavages that could well derail a smooth progression to global hegemony.
Of course, governments need to spend more to smooth the deleveraging process – but only temporarily.
His relations with Congress have been far from smooth.
“Eurovision, hockey, soccer, smooth presidential transition – what a lucky streak,” muses Medvedev.
Harnessing Disruption for SustainabilityGENEVA – After decades of reluctance on the part of world leaders, a rapid, smooth, and purposeful transition toward sustainable development seems unlikely.
Implementing these new rules and tools can accelerate the overall trend in divestment from fossil fuels, ensure a smooth transition to a more resilient, clean-energy economy, and provide confidence and clarity for long-term investors.
There is, however, a major threat to a smooth transition to new sources of global growth: the possibility of overshooting in the inevitable asset-price adjustment accompanying the shift in relative growth prospects and perceptions of risks.
They are facing the argument that the United States’ monetary union works much better because there is a large federal budget to smooth the impact of asymmetric shocks – that is, shocks to individual states.
This volatility highlights the challenges of ensuring a smooth process of financial liberalization in China.
Similarly, a Robert Taft or Douglas MacArthur presidency might have disrupted the relatively smooth consolidation of the containment system over which Dwight Eisenhower presided.
Both the success of the euro and the smooth functioning of the common monetary policy show that important “European” projects can be accomplished even without the benefit of full political union.
For one thing, we must work to smooth workers’ transition to more creative endeavors.
He could, however, smooth over some of the rougher edges of Putin’s energy policy – a small concession here, a new deal there – but only at the fringes.
In fact, there is a gradual and smooth decline in growth rates as debt/GDP ratios increase – 80% looks only trivially better than 100%.
Most important, markets have never been very good at achieving structural transformations quickly on their own; the transition from agriculture to manufacturing, for example, was anything but smooth; on the contrary, it was accompanied by significant social dislocation and the Great Depression.
It is important to analyze carefully whether the new regulations are actually needed and, if yes, to foresee and fill regulatory gaps with rules that ensure the smooth flow of savings to new and existing projects.
While the odds still favor a relatively smooth transition, many uncertainties could derail the reform process.
One element key to helping smooth the operations of a market economy is the creation of institutions and laws protecting private property.
Elections also promote the turnover of hidebound old communist elites, which usually lack both the skills and experience needed to promote through politics the smooth operation of markets.
This requires maintaining rapid growth while undertaking a major but necessarily gradual domestic restructuring, for which a smooth appreciation is much better suited.
These could include shared office spaces, financial solutions that smooth out income between work assignments, training programs, and the creation of widely recognized credentials to enable independent workers to advance their work and income opportunities.
Don't Cry Yet for Argentina's President De la RuaBUENOS AIRES: After ten years of democratic rule under President Carlos Menem, Argentina's transition to its new president, Fernando De la Rua, has been swift and smooth.
On balance, though, early evidence suggests that this will not be an era of smooth multilateralism or American leadership.
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