Word: channelized
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Basically, there are two approaches to the problem. Some liberals advocate a system of allocated credit that would channel available capital into high priority projects, like energy development. The liberal argument is that capital is not so much in short supply as inefficiently used; for evidence, they point to the overbuilding of shopping centers and vacation condominiums. Conservatives, meanwhile, maintain that an allocation system is unworkable and would cripple the capitalist system-the jugular vein of which is the free movement of money. Moreover, they contend that the real need is for more investment. Among their proposals: lowering the capital...
...over how to head off a crisis; in its quest for ways to spur more saving and investment, Government would do well to begin by devoting greater attention to increasing the rates of return that capital-short industries like utilities can earn. In the long run, perhaps nothing will channel needed capital into worthwhile investments any better than tax measures and other policies that make those investments profitable...
...take, but we can't take everybody," she explains. And when a prisoner is freed, it is often impossible to attribute his release directly to Amnesty Litvinov, Bitar, and Karefa-Smart all mention that a combination of forces brought about their liberation, but Amnesty can serve as an effective channel for these forces...
...hands, the government owns or operates key companies or industries: in Britain, coal and most steel; in France, the leading auto company and many oil refineries. Some governments, like France's, also draw up national economic plans setting broad production targets for key industrial sectors and attempting to channel investment into the most desirable areas. This is done by persuasion and tax and lending policy rather than by direct orders...
...last. In Parliament, Prime Minister Harold Wilson paid homage to the new spirit of commitment to the EEC by bandying about a fancy French word-éclaircisse-ment (enlightenment). His unabashed Yorkshire pronunciation brought down the House of Commons with gales of laughter. Apart from that touch of trans-Channel humor, Wilson was somber in talking about the task ahead. "Our future," he said, "will depend on what we are prepared to do by our own efforts, our skill, our technocracy-and our restraint...