But what I intend to show is that there is a Hayekian approach to communications policy that respects contracts and private property, constrains otherwise unbridled administrative discretion, and promotes free markets and the rule of law.

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The NYSE-listed company has a presence in 59 countries and, being French, doesn't have U.S. foreign policy baggage to deal with when it negotiates contracts with their governments.

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It is central government that determines their funding agreements and it is through these agreements, or contracts, that ministers could, if they wished, direct policy and practice.

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The Bush administration allowed Argentina to devalue its currency and break contracts, all under the watchful eye of the IMF, while it kept quiet about a policy option that could have spared Argentina, Latin America and the world of the worst effects of such drastic steps.

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In addition to common business challenges like financing and securing customer contracts, the group has spent the better part of the last ten years navigating the National Environmental Policy Act, which means showing why a refinery won't negatively affect everything from flowers and shrubs to endangered species of animals.

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Yet the policy has left many questions unanswered, such as what these energy prices will be, how long contracts will last and how much energy will be needed.

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"Our contracts require payment of minimum wage, " says Anne Burt, a spokesperson, adding that Syngenta has a strict policy against child labor.

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Investing in a new stimulus package, including federal contracts to build roads and such, might end with employed people being rehired, said James Sherk, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

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