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But, ultimately, there is no
substitute
for social conscience and concerted action.
Macro-prudential policies are not a
substitute
for sound macroeconomic policies; nonetheless, they are essential to preventing large asset bubbles and distortions in financial markets, and thus to reducing the risk of adverse shocks to both markets and the real economy.
Targeting can be a useful instrument of universal policies, but it can never serve as a
substitute
for them.
If the EU wants to be taken seriously and have a tangible impact, it needs to learn that talking about the right things is no
substitute
for taking the right kind of action.
To prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, swift action needs to be taken: restoration of the market mechanism; exchange-rate unification (as President Mauricio Macri just implemented in Argentina); an alternative system of social transfers to
substitute
for rationing; fiscal retrenchment; orderly foreign-debt restructuring; and massive financial support from the international community.
And, though support for infrastructure investment by China’s trading partners – especially through the “one belt, one road” policy – may help to strengthen external markets in the longer term, this is no
substitute
for domestic aggregate demand.
The pickup in global growth is likely to be a catalyst for change, creating incentives for firms to invest and introduce new technologies, some of which will
substitute
for labor, offsetting the slowdown in the growth of the workforce.
Iran’s natural gas resources, if developed, would not be a
substitute
for cheap nuclear power, because gas is more profitable in other uses than in power generation.
Investment-driven growth is no
substitute
for conflict resolution and political stabilization; on the contrary, the former cannot be sustained without progress on the latter.
So long as it performed these functions, Austria was viewed as a “European necessity” – a balancer of nationalities and of nations for which there was no conceivable
substitute.
By delegating significant fiscal and management responsibility to county, township, and village officials, Foshan’s government was able to stop acting as a
substitute
for the market, and begin facilitating and supporting market growth.
Fiscal austerity is a poor
substitute.
May seems to be assuming that the Commonwealth of Nations and other multilateral economic bodies can
substitute
for the EU, and that Trump, like British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, will end up being a rational statesman who simply cannot control his words.
Social media is no
substitute
for a diplomatic cable.
There is thus no
substitute
for providing raters with incentives to provide as accurate a rating as they can.
Hiding behind cosmopolitanism in such instances – when pushing for trade agreements, for example – is a poor
substitute
for winning policy battles on their merits.
The precautionary principle is not a useful
substitute
for scientific understanding.
An asset diet rich in equities and direct investment and low in debt cannot
substitute
for other elements of fiscal and financial health.
Such agreements may be positive developments, but they are no
substitute
for official, enforceable international rules of conduct.
As the minimum wage is increased, employers’ incentive to
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equipment or more skilled employees strengthens.
International law and the indictment of war criminals are important for a civilized world order, but they are no
substitute
for active financial and political engagement to support an internationally legitimate, and urgently needed, peace accord such as the CPA in Sudan.
FTA’s cannot
substitute
for multilateral liberalization.
Stalin’s ghost is no
substitute
for a real live leader; he will never leap out of his portraits, no matter how often they are waved.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visits to Georgia and Russia proved that there is no
substitute
for Europe insofar as the Caucasus is concerned.
Of course, multiculturalism’s more thoughtful advocates never imagined that a cultural community could or should
substitute
for a political community.
But none of that will ever be a
substitute
for leaders taking the moral high ground and restoring to our public discourse its lost luster.
There is no
substitute
for stopping those who would destroy cultural property before they do it.
But in economics, as in other lines of social inquiry, they are no
substitute
for proper historical analysis.
But Italy, unlike France, is in no position to
substitute
the beauty of Carla Bruni, Sarkozy’s new wife, for real prestige.
In all other areas, legislation cannot serve as a
substitute
for the exercise of common sense, discernment, and responsibility by a company’s board of directors.
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