Word: marketization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...energy policy has been governed largely by free market forces which have guided us in a shortsighted and amoral direction. We should decrease the amount of oil we import, and try to import from nations with agreeable governments and fair labor laws. This would encourage foreign democratization, reduce our economic dependence on volatile nations and invigorate the U.S. oil industry. Increasing gasoline taxes--currently, our prices are far below those of other industrial nations--would prod the auto industry and consumers towards the nascent inevitable revolution of efficient vehicles. It's time for the US to abandon its dirty policies...
However, the new strategy--increased merchandise and a welcoming atmosphere--is not a panacea. The Harvard Square book market no longer hosts a plentitude of small bookstores. Barnes and Noble, amazon.com and multi-media stores like Media Play draw customers looking for convenience and selection not offered in stores like Grolier...
Sage's success is due in large part to itsability to adjust in a very competitive market. Ifa Square store defaults on its rent, another isalways waiting in the wings to replace...
...this cutthroat market, the same customersthat some small businesses complain about can savea store with their loyalty...
Xiguang Li, author and senior editor of the Xinhua News Agency in China, will research the birth of a new kind of journalism in a more market-driven Chinese society. Romanian journalist and political author Alina Pippidi-Mungiu will focus on television reform in East-central Europe...