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But it's hard to tell exactly where society comes down on the balancing the risk-benefit scale.
FORBES: Safety Vs. Efficacy
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The Three Horseshoes in Charsfield, closed in May last year leading to the formation of a community benefit society which aims to re-open it.
BBC: Charsfield villagers aim to re-open Three Horseshoes pub
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Well, now we know: There is a long-term benefit, economic and psychological, when society invests in the psychological well being of its young people.
FORBES: Investing In Psychological Well-Being Pays Off With Income Gains
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"I have a profound conviction that if you give women the tools they need - education, employment, contraception, safe abortion - then they will make the choices that benefit society, " she says.
BBC: The world at seven billion
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As the state spends less and does less - which would be happening whichever party was in government - there would be a positive benefit if some parts of society were to step forward and do more.
BBC: Prime Minister David Cameron defends Big Society policy
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Given past experience, any conservative politician should recognize that the problem with open immigration into a democracy, especially a democracy with a burgeoning welfare state, is the risk to civil society from an electoral transformation that not only outweighs, but threatens, any long-term economic benefit.
FORBES: The Immigration Debate Is About More Than Trade
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What was lost in the transition between these two economic worldviews in the last 30 years was a recognition that business is embedded in society, a society ruled by laws that govern behavior and set long-term economic priorities and goals, often to the benefit of corporate America.
FORBES: Corporate America and Its Leaders: They Had Help
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Current sentences often send non-violent, first time offenders to prison for decades, so there is no Act that would benefit society or the person imprisoned for that period of time.
FORBES: Federal Prison -- All White-Collar Sentences Should Be "Shock" Sentences
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Firms that try to charge different prices to different customers for non-transparent reasons are defecting from this social norm, effectively imposing costs on the rest of society for their own benefit.
FORBES: Haggling, Social Norms, and Economic Efficiency