Give the local community enough control over its own affairs, Tocqueville argued, and one will see at a glance the close tie which unites private to general interest.

Such appeals are often heard, but powerful vested interests make it hard for governments to follow through.

Representatives voted on behalf of their districts powerful interests.

Corruption is rife, state capture by powerful vested interests is the norm, and institutional effectiveness and capacity for reform are weak.

This is reflected in the brutal, destructive campaign against climate science by powerful vested interests and ideologues, apparently aimed at creating an atmosphere of ignorance and confusion.

But, because of political pressure exerted by small, powerful interest groups, windfall profits will inevitably be spent at home in unwise subsidies.

An agenda that powerful corporate interests would rather stifle might be a bitter pill for world leaders, but it is one that they should swallow sooner rather than later.

Vested interests may also play a role.

Unfortunately, this has led to problems of social equity and environmental sustainability, which require complex coordination of bureaucratic silos in order to overcome the resistance of powerful vested interests.

The paper s duty will remain to its readers and not to the private interests of its owners.

He claimed that the parliamentary system subordinates the national interest, or common good, to private interests of a parliament's representatives where only short sighted interests of individuals prevail.

When land owners start to lose money, and labor demands more pay, there are some powerful interests that are going to fear for the future.

The longer powerful interests deny humanity s contribution to global warming, the more difficult it will be to arrest and reverse its effects.

After all, vested interests do not welcome challenges.

Economic change often happens not when vested interests are defeated, but when different strategies are used to pursue those interests.

The 1970 s were a transition period to the Age of Reagan 30 years of conservative politics led by powerful corporate interests.

But Smith stressed that private interests always pursue selfish interests

Indeed, there was no economic malfunction that the two words vested interests could not account for.

Major oil companies and other big corporate interests also are playing this game, and have financed disreputable public relations campaigns against climate science.

Make those assumptions explicit, and the decisive role of vested interests evaporates.

Powerful interests will, of course, oppose any low carbon transition, dismissing and often drowning out those who stand to benefit.

His administration is trapped more and more in the paralyzing grip of special interest groups.

Public officials should hold private interests at arm s length and never cozy up to them.

We have also attempted to restore independence and integrity to our institutions, held hostage by private and partisan interests.

Moreover, Friedman believed that even when private interests were not aligned with public interests, that government could not be relied on to fix the problem.

Opponents of nuclear power have suggested that self interest has compromised the Chernobyl Forum s integrity.

Economists love theories that place organized special interests at the root of all political evil.

The special interests of the indigenous people, including their right of ownership to their natural resources, must also be protected.

Structural reform, however, is a more difficult proposition, with strongly entrenched interests and cultural values militating against change and opening up a partly closed economy.

What the executive branch has relinquished, or been forced to give up, vested interests have seized.

Germany never really accepted Monti's decision to bar government guarantees on the balance sheets of its Landesbanken, the powerful regional banks.

Strong development partnerships at the bilateral and multilateral levels and among national stakeholders would be vital to ensuring that it could meet emerging challenges.

They also run large, sophisticated media campaigns aimed at persuading policymakers and the public that what is good for their special interest is good for the country.

In Canada, for example, it would be risky to overlook the special interests of Quebec.

There is the wall between those who heed the scientific evidence and those who pander to vested interests.

He has never been co opted by private interests, be they political, economic, or criminal.

If reformers are to win, they must be prepared to fight the world s most powerful vested interest.

It ensures that public rather than private interests guide decision making in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Eliminating special interest loopholes, like tax breaks for oil and gas, or for corporate jets, would not yield enough revenue to pay for a meaningful rate cut.

These special interests included Wall Street, Big Oil, the big health insurers, and arms manufacturers.

Yet the special interest groups have dominated the process, and Obama has failed to make any headway.

Why, then, are they maintaining policies that protect the special interest groups that dominate the service sector?

In such a world, private and social interests often diverge, as we have seen so dramatically in this crisis.

While few obstacles remain in Gamal s path to power in Egypt, in Algeria, meanwhile, a bid to install Said would likely collapse against resistance from powerful regime interests.

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