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The “old” theory about inequality was that redistribution via the tax system weakened incentives and undermined economic growth.
The selection process suffered from several inequities and non-transparent features that undermined the United States’ claim to the contrary.
Yet Russia suffered several obvious defeats in 2004 that tarnished its image and undermined its standing in the world.
Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain, for example, have reduced their rates for solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs, while the expiration of the United States’ federal production tax credit for renewable energy has undermined investment in wind installations there.
As the yen's strength undermined foreign demand for Japanese output, rising asset values turned domestic demand into the engine of the economy, and Japan rapidly grew out of the recession.
Instead, they have relied on monetary expansion, which is politically more acceptable, but also much weaker in its effects, as it is undermined – just as Keynes predicted – by “several slips between the cup and the lip.”
But two disruptions undermined these benefits.
Such political dysfunction has undermined the responsiveness of other policymaking entities, including those that possess better tools than central banks.
Moreover, this was a bipartisan effort, with both parties unified behind financial deregulation and trade deals that undermined the US economy.
Fiscal responsibility in the eurozone would be fatally undermined.
Previous governments sought to avoid difficult policy choices and obfuscate fundamental issues by implementing inefficient controls that grossly misallocated resources and undermined Argentina’s ability to generate the foreign-exchange earnings needed to cover its import bill, resulting in domestic shortages.
Then came the inconclusive war in Gaza, which, given Netanyahu’s unfulfilled pledge to “crush Hamas,” undermined his credibility, especially when ministers like Naftali Bennett, the leader of the nationalist-religious Jewish Home party, openly challenged his policies.
Netanyahu’s provocative policies and statements, which have undermined support for Israel among even its closest allies, would be supplanted by a willingness to negotiate in earnest and make genuine concessions.
The US tariffs have already undermined global growth and weakened the WTO.
American universities are being undermined by changes in the tax code and impending spending cuts – part of what appears to be a broader war on science.
Perhaps most important, they have undermined the basis on which political union rests – namely, persuading European Union citizens to identify with the European idea.
Of course, like previous ceasefires, any truce is likely to be temporary, inevitably undermined by the forces that perpetuate Israel’s armed conflict with Hamas.
The common values that the EU was established to uphold have been fatally undermined in Hungary.
In all of these cases, bold climate-change targets are being undermined by business-as-usual subsidies.
With energy prices moving center stage, there is a danger that already-weak incentives for investment in low-carbon energy will be further undermined.
Dear Britain: While visiting your country this month, Trump thoughtlessly undermined the political position of Prime Minister Theresa May.
From Margaret Thatcher’s introduction of a poll tax to Tony Blair’s support for the US-led invasion of Iraq, to David Cameron’s decision to hold the Brexit referendum, such decisions have undermined the British system.
The result has been increased indebtedness in many countries, as the collapse of GDP undermined government revenues.
The advent of the Internet had made it harder for the authorities to shape Thai minds, as media sources multiplied and the resulting diffusion of information undermined the effectiveness of state propaganda.
The regional proxy war between the Iran-backed Assad government and Sunni-backed rebels has largely undermined America’s influence on the course of events in Syria.
Taylor has undermined a string of peacekeeping interventions in the region.
But it was not until Trump, who views running a country much like running a business, that the US had a leader who was willing to pursue that path, even if it undermined the values that have long underpinned US foreign policy.
Hastily designed spending cuts have undermined growth, and thus the government’s fiscal position, forcing it to kill off public services and infrastructure projects.
Traditionally the most conservative element of society, they undermined the Leninist vision, which aimed to create a new kind of citizen – the proverbial Homo soveticus.
When it comes to ideology and realism, the European Union is perhaps the best example of an imbalanced approach, as Europeans’ tendency to lead with their hearts, rather than their heads, has undermined effective action.
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