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There is insufficient incentive, even at local levels, for taking the long view, and for restraining our
tendency
to consume in order to benefit all of humanity.
"We now see a predominant
tendency
worldwide towards regionalism.
The elitist
tendency
in Singapore’s education system is tempered by the fact that quality education is available for all levels of academic aptitude.
In the US, there is a natural
tendency
to punish political candidates when they lie, but mostly about their personal peccadillos.
The “availability heuristic” – a pervasive cognitive bias caused by people’s
tendency
to estimate the likelihood of a phenomenon by how easily an example of it comes to mind – routinely clouds the issue.
The upshot may be a
tendency
for the new members to press their national interests more forcefully in EU fora.
The situation is often amplified by a natural human
tendency
to overproduce and over-consume hitherto restricted goods and services.
And there is no reason to believe that politicians’ all-purpose answer to the problem – “increase workforce skills” – will offset this
tendency.
The question reflects a lamentable
tendency
to conflate two very different situations.
Obama has already put spending cuts on the table – probably to a greater extent than would please his electoral base (he does have a
tendency
to do this).
But this assumes that some exogenous force or
tendency
causes countries to become “stuck” at a particular income level – a view that one academic study after another has debunked.
The final issue that the doormat incident brought to the fore is Indians’
tendency
to take offense at the slightest affront – a
tendency
that is now being elevated, by the thumbs of a top minister, to the level of official policy.
As a result, there is a
tendency
to assume that Egypt has reached an economic impasse.
For many, its behavior toward Syria – aligning itself with Russia to block international action – and in maritime territorial disputes with its neighbors exemplifies this
tendency.
China viewed America’s strong resistance to the AIIB – which it considered a clear challenge to the US- and Japan-led international financial institutions – as an overreaction, reflecting America’s
tendency
to view nearly all China-related policies through the lens of strategic competition.
The impact of marketing efforts by pharmaceutical companies and publicity probably plays a role in the emerging
tendency
to over-diagnose bipolar disorder.
Differences in health outcomes are exacerbated further by women’s
tendency
to use health-care services more than men.
The balance-of-payments crisis of 1966-7 reflected the
tendency
of British wages to grow faster than productivity, the consequent trade deficits, and foreign investors’ reluctance to finance a position they saw as unsustainable.
But with Trump, there is already a
tendency
not to take his politics seriously.
The Trump administration’s
tendency
toward trade protectionism – not to mention financial deregulation – is therefore a source of serious concern.
When it comes to immigration, politicians usually are driven by fear – a
tendency
that has become even more acute since the onset of the global financial crisis.
By accompanying its growing hard power with efforts to make itself more attractive, China aimed to stem its neighbors’ fears and
tendency
to balance Chinese power.
He wrote: “The atmosphere admits of the entrance of solar heat, but checks its exit; and the result is a
tendency
to accumulate heat at the surface of the planet.”
One possible explanation for this tendency, proposed by Schroeder and Powell, is that female leaders can be viewed as direct threats to the interests of the generals, because women are more likely to favor, say, reduced military spending and less pugnacious policies.
Planning a successful coup requires a significant degree of instrumental reasoning – that is, the
tendency
to use other people as tools to advance one’s own goals.
And, according to new study, this “Machiavellian”
tendency
– which encompasses the intention and ability to use manipulative tactics, a cynical view of human nature, and a disregard for conventional morality – may manifest differently in men and women.
Above all, the new system would reflect Keynes’s view that global stability is undermined by capitalism’s innate
tendency
to drive a wedge between surplus and deficit economies.
To counter this tendency, Keynes advocated replacing any system in which “the process of adjustment is compulsory for the debtor and voluntary for the creditor” with one in which the force of adjustment falls symmetrically upon debtors and creditors.
Second, religious values that emphasize social solidarity are an important corrective to the
tendency
of markets to polarize society by rewarding success.
The researchers also found that the disposition that makes someone successful may also comprise the personality traits that explain their
tendency
to exploit.
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