She was never very easy even before the end.

And with lax standards and regulations on offsets they can get permits for just about anything.

Mr. Solari Yrigoyen asked if it was true that overly lenient sentences were imposed for sexual crimes.

Moreover, rich countries are unlikely to be as permissive towards industrialization policies as they were in the past.

The impact was greater in countries that had a history of structural fiscal problems, maintained loose fiscal policies, and ignored fiscal reforms during the boom years.

Poorer and developing countries are often accused of being lenient towards drug production because they have few other meaningful economic options.

This was largely a result of a very lenient senior director at the time, who was influential, and connected and above any censorship, and we were young and took absolute advantage of it.

Similarly, global monetary policy was easy, avoiding another big mistake of the 1930 s.

The European Central Bank s response has been analogous to the Fed s, but less forceful, with monetary policy easier than the headline inflation rate would suggest is appropriate.

Meanwhile, international bodies, including the International Monetary Fund and the G 20, encouraged struggling countries to implement loose fiscal policies, claiming that they were needed to overcome the crisis.

It takes more than decor, but I think we ve all seen that creative companies do often have symbols in the workplace that remind people to be playful, and that it s a permissive environment.

The Police strive towards raising the number of women in the police force, via affirmative action measures like more flexible working conditions for mothers and lenient policies for pregnant women.

When such rules are too lax, insiders face insufficient constraints on their ability to run the firm in ways that serve their private interests at the expense of outside, general investors.

Even if this sounds unfair, it is logical to expect rating agencies, which had been lax in evaluating credit risk, now to be rigorous in assessing all forms of risk, including sovereign risk.

Large, publicly traded companies in other countries also often face lax limits on their use of corporate resources to influence political outcomes, fueling fears that the interests of shareholders will trump those of other groups, such as consumers and employees.

The smuggling ring not only helped to financially and militarily sustain FAPC troops in Aru territory but also created linkages and a permissive environment for the trafficking of weapons across the borders between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda and the Sudan.

The European Central Bank s response has been analogous to the Fed s, but less forceful, with monetary policy easier than the headline inflation rate would suggest is appropriate. And in Western Europe, too, GDP is now declining.

Moreover, where the USSR transferred much weaponry under easy commercial terms or without charge (e.g., under long term loans not expected to be repaid), Russia now discounts arms only for its closest allies.

If banks are regulated at the national level, but do business internationally, national regulatory authorities have a permanent incentive to set lax standards to avoid driving business to other countries and to lure it from them instead.