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Considering that many economists never believe such long-range forecasts, Greenspan's defense left many observers shaking their heads. His argument that he supported tax cuts only in general--not the Bush tax cuts--has also tarnished his credibility. "What the U.S. needs is a truly politically independent central banker," says Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach. "When Greenspan expresses his opinions on nonmonetary policy issues, whether he wants to admit it or not, he becomes identified as an advocate and it influences the decision making...
...second biggest in the world. It has a free and diverse press, has no nuclear weapons, and its military has not fought a single battle in almost 60 years. And it is the second largest contributor to the U.N., behind the U.S. Faced with such a strong argument for inclusion, China, one of the Security Council's five permanent members, has stirred up old resentments, they say. Beijing "fears a decrease of political influence," says Ishiba. "China doesn't like the idea of increasing the number of votes against...
First, the U.S. has very successfully evangelized the argument that the Kyoto Protocol is somehow inequitable because major developing countries were not required to make emission reductions. The argument was originally advanced by the U.S. government as a diversionary justification for its own policy reticence. However, it is now routinely propagated by U.S. nongovernmental organizations as well as U.S. academia. The attacks have particularly focused on China and India. Both countries are easy targets because they have over a billion people each, and just about anything when multiplied by a billion becomes a very large number. The fact...
...would never deny that children challenge parents' mental resources. And of course sustained sleep deprivation can have a serious impact on your thinking, which is why you have to be smart enough from the get-go to negotiate for naps with your partner, spouse or mother-in-law. My argument is that there are many surprising and fundamental ways in which, despite all the boring time you now have to spend picking up Lego bits from the floor, the experiences of having and rearing children can stimulate and enrich your brain and make you smarter...
...more persuasive argument...