Clever government officials of goodwill, he thought, could design economic institutions that would be superior to the market or could at least tweak the market with taxes, subsidies, and regulations to produce superior outcomes.

So a rising tide really can lift all boats, with growth trumping inequality when it comes to poverty reduction.

Honor roll students (individuals)

For China, this is not a power race.

For their part, students will be encouraged to excel by the granting of prizes.

We all desire success.

Democrats have even managed to beat the Republicans on their own turf.

Reforming Macho Politics

The End of Financial Triumphalism?

Academic distinctions

The scholarships were granted on the basis of academic excellence and financial situation.

Nobody can surpass him.

The Soviets were simply outgunned.

Excellence in management and operations

Academic distinctions and awards

Unfortunately the choice had to be made at an age when the boy would not yet be able to consciously choose whether to sacrifice his reproductive capabilities, and there was no guarantee that the voice would remain of musical excellence after the operation.

The dollar and the pound then shared international primacy in the 1920 s and 1930 s.

The moral superiority of high marginal income taxes suddenly waned.

One is to steal secrets and gain an asymmetrical advantage over another country.

They quickly overwhelmed the German forces and occupied the island for the duration of the war.

And this assumes that politicians pick the best options, and that oppositions don t try to out do their governments.

It was able but only it was able to organize health care, education, policing, justice.

A panoply of innovations has helped Chile to outperform its South American neighbors.

That is why he barged his way past Hillary Clinton, the consummate operator of the party machine.

China will most likely be saving more than the US for years to come.

A few years ago, some regarded Japan as having overtaken the US.

California s economy, which used to outperform the rest of the country, now substantially underperforms.

She's apt to forget her promise.

a functioning state

Am I capable of killing?

After out performing the market during the 1990 s, the governance based strategy subsequently performed on par with it.

Determined to outbid Gorbachev as a reformer, he persuaded liberals to overcome their distrust of his provincial manners.

The US may be the only superpower, but preponderance is not empire.

The result is a bigger is better mentality that stresses ever more publications, patents, and citations.

It is time to leaven financial triumphalism with some humility and common sense.

And America s military superiority has not proved all that useful in accomplishing American ends.

Militarily, China will focus primarily on its regional supremacy, because the country s unity depends on it.

Against this background, primacy seems like a more accurate description of a country s disproportionate (and measurable) share of all three kinds of power resources military, economic, and soft.

Your voice can prevent a war. Not guns.

The earth is capable of feeding everyone.

Africa can feed itself.

But for many years, until the late 1990s, China had an infrastructure disadvantage vis a vis India.

Possessing nuclear superiority, for example, allowed Eisenhower to face down Soviet threats to intervene in the Middle East during the 1956 Suez Crisis.

UNITAR will continue to identify and invite top female resource persons and participants who contribute substantively to the excellence of the programme.

But governments can influence the development of productivity.