Substitute
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Football has often been called a
substitute
for war – a symbolic, more or less peaceful, way to fight out international rivalries.
Solidarity urgently needed to become legal again, to
substitute
a lasting institutional reality for its still enduring existence as a national myth.
However, despite remittances’ evident value in supporting development goals, it must be remembered that they are private funds and should not be considered a
substitute
for official aid.
Europeans can continue to avoid responsibility for their own security, and to invoke the catechism of “NATO, the corner-stone of our security” as a
substitute
for serious strategic thought.
In the long run, piecemeal arrangements with companies – or even for specific products – and unilateral action against countries are no
substitute
for international principles, rules, and institutions.
But having more data is no
substitute
for having high-quality data.
Why should there be any reason for hope, especially given that US environmental policy has been predicated on the unrealistic belief that relatively small subsidies to new energy technologies can
substitute
for tax-induced price incentives for producers and consumers?
Or, to be precise, a carbon tax could
substitute
for the huge array of taxes that is eventually coming anyway in the wake of massive government budget deficits.
Governments’ efforts to promote wage cuts, or to engineer them by driving their countries into recession, cannot
substitute
for exchange-rate devaluation.
Another is that the world needs a much more serious cooperative effort to develop long-term environmentally sound technologies to
substitute
for scarce oil and gas and for fuels produced from farmland.
When it comes to refugees, there is no
substitute
for effective local action aimed at preventing situations that generate large refugee flows in the first place.
There is no obvious
substitute
for such industries at home.
Today, as in 1978, the UK and the US are in a parlous fiscal state, and schadenfreude about European problems is no
substitute
for embarking on a strenuous path of reform.
The primary protection against poverty is earned income – for which even France’s generous unemployment benefits and other welfare payments are an inadequate
substitute.
To be sure, France cannot
substitute
for America.
But, for many serious readers, such options are no
substitute
for the look and feel of a printed newspaper article.
But with the US economy now operating at full employment, there is no significant scope for domestic production to
substitute
for Chinese imports.
Once again, the Palestinian cause became a
substitute
for focused attention on Syria's domestic situation, offering Syrian intellectuals and professionals a politically safe way to vent their frustrations.
But that is no
substitute
for global rules and standards that are required to confront the world’s existing and emerging challenges.
A devalued currency would increase exports and would cause Greek households and firms to
substitute
domestic products for imported goods.
But, because Greek euro bonds were regarded as a close
substitute
for other countries’ euro bonds, the interest rate on Greek bonds did not rise as Greece increased its borrowing – until the market began to fear a possible default.
But for the recipient, it is a poor
substitute.
But they have every right to ask that tacit acceptance of a Russian veto should not be extended to the debate about their admission in the European Union, and that, in terms of political and military security, a credible system of Western involvement and guarantees should be put in place as a
substitute
for official NATO membership.
By aiming for targets that are far out of reach of the poorest countries’ public finances, the international community has agreed to
substitute
itself for those states in providing essential social services through long-term financial transfers.
But he must act now, for public support can be no
substitute
for resolute and effective action.
A different but equally troubling implication of AI is that it could become a
substitute
for one-on-one human contact.
And automation will make it easier to
substitute
machines for workers, likely undermining the low elasticity of labor demand with respect to the cost of hiring (adjusted to include turnover and training costs) that underlies the Card-Krueger-Krugman view.
Specifically, governments may be tempted, especially around election time, to use self-insurance as a
substitute
for adjustment, rather than to help cushion the impact of a shock or support economic rebalancing.
While there will never be a
substitute
for safe, unimpeded humanitarian access, we need to explore every avenue to reach children in danger.
But, in today’s world, nothing can
substitute
for fiscal expansion.
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