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Although its guiding principles have not been enshrined in a constitution, even this may be appropriate to an open society because, as Popper argued, our imperfect understanding does not permit permanent and eternally valid definitions of social arrangements.
But, though this argument is valid in principle, economic models show that this risk has only a moderate effect on the best policy.
At least some monetary policymakers believe that recent reductions in the US unemployment rate, which have largely resulted from falling labor-force participation, are just as valid a reason for shifting to more austere policies as reductions in unemployment that reflect increases in employment.
But this argument is not valid, either.
To be sure, the Trump administration has attempted to ensure that its tariffs do not directly defy those rules, by asserting that they are aimed at protecting national security – an objective that the WTO recognizes as a valid reason to protect domestic industries.
Unfortunately, the British government’s response was extraordinarily deficient, and did not in any sense constitute a valid legal opinion.
The Price ParadoxLONDON – In 1923, John Maynard Keynes addressed a fundamental economic question that remains valid today.
But needing or wanting those links does not make them valid or true.
The warfare of the past centuries, in particular the bloody ethnic cleansings of the past decade, is not valid anymore.
This link is valid, in part: twilight ends the bustle of one day.
The IMF’s concerns are valid, but the Fund’s idea is being resisted fiercely, owing to fears of political contagion: other debt-distressed eurozone countries might press for equal treatment.
This conclusion would most likely be valid, because the use of antibiotics before 1930 – just two years after Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and years before it was fully workable as a cure – was rare and mostly inadvertent.
Is that slogan more valid now?
In normal times, there are valid reasons for paying interest on excess reserves.
In both cases, however, perfect insurance could nonetheless serve as a valid benchmark to guide the choice of policies to implement.
The TPP’s critics often neglected to acknowledge that international dispute-settlement mechanisms could ever serve a valid purpose, or that some degree of patent protection is needed if pharmaceutical companies are to have sufficient incentive to invest in research and development.
Krugman thought the “bond vigilante” claim might be valid for a few countries, such as Greece, but argued that the “confidence fairy” was no less imaginary than the one that collects children’s teeth.
These are valid concerns, but the alternatives – half measures or no reform at all – would only make a bad situation worse.
The report finds that the host government agreements place a price tag on protecting human rights by imposing large financial penalties if the operation of the oil fields or the pipeline is interrupted – even to enforce valid laws.
Speaking on behalf of the European Union, a German spokesperson rejected the concept of “defamation of religion” as not valid in a human rights context, because human rights belonged to individuals, not to institutions or religions.
It is valid point.
The legal obstacle is not merely an inconvenience; it also represents a valid economic concern about the moral hazard that ECB bailouts present for members’ fiscal policies in the long term.
Whether this theory is valid or not, it has been very helpful to me in the financial markets.
But this is not a valid reason to become a host city; it is merely a consolation prize.
There are valid criticisms of such schemes, including, as in Chile, that the vouchers may be too small to purchase a quality education; but, at least in principle, vouchers and other forms of financial aid can make a private education, if desired, accessible to all.
That conclusion, if valid, stands as a stern warning to policymakers today.
Perhaps this reflects my own bias, but I suspect that this evasiveness on the part of Britain’s main political parties has weakened support for them, by diminishing their status as valid representatives of the country.
The proposition that trade restrictions reduce economic welfare is certainly not generally valid, and it is violated when certain conditions – such as externalities or increasing returns to scale – are present.
So, both sides in this debate have valid points.
The saying that what is good for GM is good for the US, if it was ever valid, seems hardly tenable today.
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