The Death of the Globalization Consensus

The Perils of Economic Consensus

But this is where the consensus breaks down.

But it did not extend to Asia.

There have been two models for such a consensus.

The Lisbon Treaty emphasizes unanimity in decision making.

That consensus would have to be based on mutual recognition and accommodation.

This consensus optimism is, I believe, not supported by the facts.

There, too, vision, leadership, and consensus building have played a critical role.

This unanimity of opinion no longer exists.

Europe could use it.

Leaders must now forge a consensus around it.

Any kind of bold decision essentially requires unanimity.

Partly as a result of that agreement, the Balkan countries have taken major steps forward.

Such actions and attitudes amply justify my dissent of October 2004.

This consensus has been maintained through a long period in which exchange rates between the major Western currencies have been allowed to find their own level. But it did not extend to Asia.

The consensus simply does not exist.

In Internet communities, it's fairly easy to build consensus.

That consensus rested on a nexus of the military, the monarchy, and the bureaucracy.

The heart of that consensus is the simple principle that you don t need to agree all the time except on the ground rules about how you can disagree. India has survived all the challenges that have beset it for 60 years because it has maintained a consensus on how to manage without consensus.

The US lacks the means and the political consensus to take on much more in the way of global responsibility.

Even the Communist Party could be said to have basically embraced its tenets.

Their policy proposals are often vague (when specified at all), and command little consensus.

Opposed to this consensus is a new left wing party, the Polo Alternativo Democrático (PAD).

China has already developed an elaborate mechanism for building consensus at home.

Because the term depends on the prevailing consensus, the meaning of the term changes over time.

Some progress has been made on this Monterrey Consensus.

This time, the free trade consensus evaporated even more rapidly than I had anticipated.

That consensus will remain credible as long as political reform continues and economic growth accelerates.

Nevertheless, the consensus is that US policymakers erred when

Can we be unanimous on that let me stress this point again imperative reform?

The original concept was that the two bodies would reach a consensus on a candidate.

Daunting as the effort would be, its advocates assumed a sustainable political consensus to support it.

A Russian economist says flatly that, there is no consensus in favor of modernization.

Indian democracy has succeeded because it has maintained a consensus on how to manage without consensus.

Soon afterwards, a consensus formed among many Asian leaders that broader cooperation and coordination was needed.

Europe would take common action related to foreign affairs only on unanimous grounds.

In fact, the new consensus is shared by most of Labour and the main opposition within Likud.

America s consensus oriented president needs to make that case.

The problem partly reflects a lack of consensus about the criteria that a judicial candidate must satisfy.

He saw the G 20 as a vehicle for building consensus on coordinated monetary and fiscal stimulus and financial regulation.

Now it must go a step further and engage in consensus building internationally.

On the basis of the consensus reached, participants pledged to implement the Declaration through concerted efforts.

But the second great hope of responsibility to protect advocates was that this consensus in principle would make agreement on what to do in practice how to translate normative consensus into action easier to achieve.

The draft outcome document for the upcoming conference in Addis reflects the rapidly emerging consensus