But this is nonsense: what we want to know is what is the wealth after we have changed the distribution: only then can we try to work out whether we would like to change it some more.
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But yes, technically the next administration, since it is an executive agreement, could change it or make some amendment to it at some point.
Though it may be possible to adapt, often imperfectly, to some of the effects of climate change, Mr Victor argues that it is much harder to help others adapt.
At the moment, it is not clear whether the rhetoric is really a negotiating ploy, in which the administration blusters in order to build credibility and extract maximum concessions when the time comes to negotiate, or whether it wants to change international relations in some fundamental way.
The credit scored high because it did two things that TPC analysts felt were essential to economic stimulus: it raised take-home pay quickly via a change in the withholding tables (subject to some controversy) and it did so for people who would spend it.
"To be frank, gum has been disappointing for quite some time and it is taking us longer to change the trajectory than we anticipated, " Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld said.
This is an old story at the Pentagon, where the time required to field new systems typically is some multiple of the time it takes for administrations and intellectual fashions to change.
The new government on Saturday issued a policy statement outlining what it aims to change in its bailout conditions, saying it would seek to repeal some taxes, halt layoffs and extend by two years the mid-2014 deadline for tough austerity measures.
And while there could be a small change to some of the above numbers, it's hard to see why any of the points I've made would be significantly changed.
"I've got no doubt the wicket down there will spin a bit but if Watson doesn't come up, we've got some thinking to do because it'll change the balance of the team quite a bit, " Ponting added.
But because nobody knew whether the cold war would ever end (it lasted some 40 years), the democracies chose by and large not to let it change the sort of societies they wanted to be.
Rather than merely talking of change, it is time to bring some about.
Great news for consumers of course but it does seem to rather change some of the assumptions about future revenue streams for suppliers.
It might take some work to change the way Russian industry is seen abroad, but the Russian corporate and government leaders behind the 15th annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum are hoping to participants leave the three day forum starting June 16 knowing that Russia is also pretty high tech.
Mr. Certner said AARP might be willing to contemplate some cuts to the Medicare and Medicaid programs next year, but that it favored smaller proposals to change the way care is delivered, or to require Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over prescription-drug prices.
There are good reasons to change the DSM and perhaps some good reasons to leave it alone.
Some environmental groups are wary of some of the climate change caveats to the decision, saying it weakens protection for the animals.
Gradually they moved to dimly aware and finally to aware that it was important to some of us to put it in the legislation, but not sufficiently up to speed to actually implement the change once passed.
GE's problem is that it now has only some three weeks to change the commission's mind.
The Department of Health has already indicated it wants to press ahead with some kind of change.
The party scene and the change it will bring to quiet streets have made some residents oppose the escalators.
While economic change was bringing new prosperity to some people in France, it was bringing only insecurity to others and not just shopkeepers.
Now far more information is being put on show automatically, though users can change their default privacy settings to restrict access to some of it.
My recent post on the election of the first Jesuit pope was warmly received, but there was some criticism of my suggestion that the Church needs to change otherwise it will lose many faithful adherents.
The pace of change is so fast, says one World Banker, that, while in some countries the Bank has to push for change, in others it has to run hard to keep up with the national administrations.
But even if Gov. Romney has adopted flexibility in his emphasis on some of these positions, is it a terrible thing to change positions?
"No-one in government should be contemplating standing by and watching as some schools fail in order to use it as a lever of change, " he said.
The shooting revived fierce debate over America's controversial gun control laws, with some pro-gun politicians saying it had prompted them to change their views on the issue.
The shooting has revived fierce debate over the US's controversial gun control laws, with some pro-gun politicians saying it has prompted them to change their views on the issue.
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