First, it will be difficult to afford these expensive new sources of energy.

The Ethical Cost of High Price Art

The High Cost of Feeling Low

But there are high costs associated with intellectual property.

Suleman does not have a decent job, but she managed to invest in costly fertility treatments and could afford many expensive cosmetic surgeries.

Imperial overreach, political polarization, and a costly financial crisis are weighing on the economy.

Then again, perhaps the Bush administration is worried that if the oil currencies strengthen too much against the dollar, it will start becoming too expensive for the US to scale up its military operations in the Middle East.

Duplication, overlap and inefficiencies had too often been the expensive result of a lack of coordination in programme planning and implementation.

Poor girls and women still could not afford medicines.

The prohibitive costs of clean technology, and in some cases political, cultural and social constraints, have also hindered implementation of measures.

Affordability does not appear to be a big hurdle.

The system by which doctors and hospitals are paid is another factor in providing expensive treatment that is of little benefit to the patient.

BRUSSELS Two years have passed since the financial crises erupted, and we have only started to realize how costly it is likely to be.

The Fund s shareholders would have to agree to incur those costs.

The cost increases therefore may be unsupportable for a number of States parties.

But, despite this expensive military campaign, all evidence shows that the war on drugs has been a fiasco.

Disabled soldiers also will cost a lot of money, even if the Pentagon won t automatically pay everything for them.

Our sense of entitlement has run far ahead of our ability to pay for it.

As a taxpayer, I would rather pay to foster other people s good behavior than pay more for the consequences of their bad behavior.

Again, politicians tried to delete or change references to these high costs. British officials explained that they wanted such cost estimates cut because they would give a boost to those who doubt action is needed.

This has led the popular press to howl that we now live in a costly, bureaucratic, and inefficient human rights culture a charge with profound political resonance.

Great as they are, the costs are trivial in comparison to the expense of humanitarian aid, international military intervention, and reconstruction assistance.

The Bush administration may be correct in arguing that the extremely high costs and risks of promoting democracy are less than the costs and risks of allowing the authoritarian status quo in the Middle east to persist indefinitely.

Sub Saharan Africa s economies, one hopes, will not have to repeat the costly lessons that other developing countries have learned over the past three decades.

Most major countries fiscal deficits nowadays reflect the recent collapse of tax revenues that followed the growth downturn, as well as very costly financial sector bailouts.

But governments, fearing the expense of wage insurance if a lot of people exploit it, have not been willing to implement it on a large scale.

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Building developers often don t want the extra cost or extra hassle of breaking old habits. And why should they?

Even the Bank of England has asked whether, given the cost of mopping up the mess caused by the latest crisis, it is worth playing host to a global financial market.

A shift in focus to economic development will save a vast number of lives and convert the unthinkably large economic costs of war into economic benefits through development.

Indeed, Europe will have to share the costs if Iran prevails and becomes a nuclear power.

This is not just because they are much more expensive, but also because there are massive technological hurdles to overcome to make them efficient.

Fiscal expansion is always risky, as it adds to debt and raises dangers later. But, given where we are, the benefits exceed the costs in countries with sustainable debt.

We accept paying a high and inefficient cost for national defense against what are often unknown enemies.

This requires developing a payment culture, as well as providing a safety net for those citizens who cannot afford to pay.

By spending just 8 of this amount, the Russian army could match its expensive new weapons with soldiers who are able and willing to handle them well.

The Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change amounts to a call to action it argues that huge future costs of global warming can be avoided by incurring relatively modest cost today.

Revoking America s Exorbitant Privilege

To the extent that the alternative is costly foreclosure proceedings that make borrowers and lenders worse off, this proposal should attract the support of both sides.

Instead, direct policies to address New Orleans vulnerabilities could have avoided the huge and unnecessary cost in human misery and economic loss.

The United States cannot sustain the current rate of casualties (either American or Iraqi), or the expense.

A carbon tax causes each firm and household to respond to the same cost of adding CO2 to the atmosphere.

Who can afford to buy such an expensive house?

Although the World Food Programme (WFP) is able to distribute food under heavily armed military escorts, many other organizations find fees for escorts prohibitively expensive or do not use them on principle.

In environmental economics, there is a basic principle, called the polluter pays principle. It is a matter of both equity and efficiency.