Religion, Son explains, because its reliance on doctrine rather than individuals has made it the most durable human institution.
So why not base the payment of the children's tax credit on the incomes of households rather than individuals?
Prosecutors tend to pursue firms rather than individuals because they are easier targets.
The beauty of the above is too often obscured by economists who incorrectly assume that countries trade, rather than individuals.
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However, an individual worker credit would be a large departure from the current income tax, which taxes couples rather than individuals.
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Orwall also suggested that the bounce from Black Friday retail sales came from online sales rather than individuals shopping at stores and malls.
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But they tend to approach individuals when the company has already traced lost assets, rather than individuals going to them asking for help.
It is also struggling to compete with Asian rivals such as Lenovo and is focusing on selling products and services to businesses rather than individuals.
In Amsterdam, the government has used Airbnb listings to track down "illegal hotels" and shut them down - although they are typically targeting absent owners renting out whole apartments rather than individuals subletting a room.
Rather than individuals having to be interested in meditation or breath work on their own, a mental health center could publish and distribute information on various practices that people can use to create an immediate impact on their own health and well-being.
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the only way a company could scale up in productivity and profit was by treating customers as populations rather than as individuals and by treating employees as positions on an organization chart rather than as unique sources of talent and ideas.
And, rather than consigning individuals to suffer in their solitude, aloneness may come at a cost to the community.
But Tancer argues that Hitwise's "big picture" view of Web activity--rather than tracking individuals--keeps the firm out of privacy troubles.
Groupon prompts consumers to shop as groups rather than as individuals, so they can gain deep discounts from local businesses.
Unlike the three previous official (and the 1906 "intercalated") Olympics, it had been decided that athletes would compete in national teams rather than as individuals.
Groupon prompts consumers of the world to get united, shop as groups rather than as individuals, so they can gain deep discounts from local businesses.
The political tendency is to expand the definition of insurance at the behest of lobbyists, rather than allowing individuals to only buy the coverage they want and need.
Obamacare has taken the most idiosyncratic feature of American health care the fact that the onus for providing health insurance falls first and foremost on companies rather than on individuals or the government and set it in concrete.
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By repeatedly trumpeting the need for individuals to adopt more sustainable lifestyles, we may be alienating, rather than mobilizing, individuals.
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Confucian thought emphasised a match's significance for society rather than for the individuals involved.
The managers throughout the organization will need to see their role as enablers of teams that can innovate, rather than controllers of individuals.
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If colleagues are able to freely share and exchange ideas, like friends over a cup of coffee, rather than remaining isolated individuals, companies can shine.
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Ecologic studies of this sort have well-known limitations: above all, they make use of aggregate information on the exposure groups and rates of disease rather than information on individuals.
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Sickweather claims to be different because it operates in real time using data from social networks, rather than news reports or internet search terms, and is designed for use by individuals, rather than public health officials.
But more than half of those HSAs were linked to high-deductible plans purchased by individuals rather than group insurance plans.
The Forbes Billionaires ranks individuals rather than large, multi-generational families who share large fortunes.
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Judging people as individuals rather than as representatives of groups is both morally right and good for business.
Conservatives argue that costs would come down if individuals rather than companies were responsible for their own insurance.
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We estimate values for individuals rather than listing single numbers for entire families.
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RAND's emphasis on individuals rather than families, an emphasis that is particularly misleading in its treatment of California's largest immigrant group, Hispanics.
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