Word: spurs
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Lastly, with regard to Reiter's claim that "competition has not sufficed to spur American manufactures to improve" fuel efficiency, let me suggest that by negotiating a free-trade agreement with Japan, Germany and indeed the rest of the world, we can handily address this "problem" while at the same time enhancing both our standard of living and our freedom. Frank Iacono Law School Class...
Both addressed the issue of the U.S. debt. Reich urged governmental intervention to spur the economy. "We have a government of with more than four trillion dollars of debt," said Reich. "We need to apply some kind of stimulus...
...legislation, which envisions business and most other human activity as a boot stomping on the face of Mother Nature, fuel-efficiency regulations work to the long-term benefit of the auto industry. Rather than curtailing human mastery of nature, they enable us to manage our natural resources prudently and spur us to develop new technologies that will let our technological civilization last longer...
...business approach treats America as an isolated system. He ignores the fact that Americans are consumers in an international market. They choose to buy Japanese cars because these cars generally get better gas mileage than American ones. For whatever reason, the prospect of this competition has not sufficed to spur American manufacturers to improve. Governmental incentives and/or regulations might really force American auto manufacturers to start improving. It worked in 1978, when Congress set corporate average fuel economy standards that made many auto companies race to bring themselves up to par. In the process, they developed new technology that helped...
...paradox is that Bush undermined his most important goal of all: getting re-elected. Any President who wants a second term needs to have a healthy economy by election year -- or give the public a good reason why not. But Bush's belated and halfhearted attempts to spur economic recovery, and his failure to explain and defend his decisions, largely account for his low standing in the polls. This approach can be seen in several key episodes...