Ideas matter, as much or perhaps even more than self interest.

This company is indifferent to the safety of its workers.

But so will security reforms.

Let us not now forget the importance of consensus.

Maybe images matter just as much as substance in explaining that.

What the CIO should not do is almost as important.

Size still matters.

Justice and morality have little to do with this.

It is no less significant for Hollande and France.

The ecological damage that the world is facing is no less important.

Yet, there is another equally important dimension.

When it comes to the price of oil, production does not matter. Exports do.

Not much, the empirical evidence suggests. This might appear surprising.

Of course, what the army does is hugely important.

Political economy undoubtedly remains important.

That does not seem to matter.

But just as important as making decisions is explaining them well.

But we should not underplay the importance of ideology.

The fact that some citizens might break the law does not make the law less important.

However, the present topic is certainly not devoid of practical significance.

They proceed as if politics did not exist or did not really matter.

And I don't mean to understate how important it is to restore basic function.

This takes nothing away from the importance of the question that Shiller addressed.

Its effect is almost as important as that of smoking.

It proved the importance of water as a globally irreplaceable resource.

The importance of South South cooperation cannot be overemphasized.

It was regrettable that the Special Committee, after more than three years and for reasons that had to do with lack of political will, had not reached any conclusion regarding that working paper.

The second, older and equally important, is liberty that is, freedom.

But it is hard to overstate the outcome s importance to the rest of the world.

But to point to Asia s growing importance says nothing about its character.

But what did not happen might be as important as what did.

Of course, more important, scientifically, are the long term trends.

But there is another reason, no less important, that concerns morals and ideology.

The relevance of these decisions is affected by the fact that the Treaty of Amity had remained in force.

The significance of the charter is that no other law may contradict it.

Important as they are, however, the prisoners are not the crux of the matter.

After all, guilt is as significant as courage in any human enterprise.

When common interests no longer prevail, language and culture begin to matter more.

They work in tandem. But the other pieces are no less important.

Ideas are an equally important aspect of social globalization.

To boot, it seems that the police does not think it is that important.

The theme of the film is Nothing is more important than the true love of your heart.

International disarmament measures are unquestionably of vital importance.

However, it does not address three concerns that we also consider to be of particular importance.

Financial assistance is of course vital, but the political commitment of the international community is just as important.