(1) Some authors have advocated denying that incentives like that provided by the evil demon's threat can ever provide you any reason to desire something bad.
Gates, who ranks No. 1 on the Forbes World's Richest People list, said the nine states threaten Windows' very existence as a stable platform needed for the spectrum of computer hardware and software to work together, and would deny Microsoft the incentive to make continual improvements.
So, the Journal argues, why would the Justice Department want to deny the needed incentive that these minorities would gain from programs such as those supported by a libertarian organization called "Institute For Justice," which brought the suit on behalf of plaintiffs that include parents of children requiring bone marrow transplants?
But that would hardly benefit the public, for the likely result would be less choice at higher cost, with an added incentive for companies, denied the chance to advertise openly, to seek hidden and more insidious ways of buying coverage.New rules follow every financial crash, almost always with unintended consequences.
At least one fund involved in the exchange offer denied that it lacked proper incentives, although its letter was carefully phrased.
He also denied that pay gives bankers incentives to take crazy risks, a possible subject of future financial regulation, which keeps Jamie Dimon awake at night, because of his love for America and fear we'll chase all the good bankers to Singapore or wherever.
(1) The first is to deny that external incentives like those which create the problem can actually affect what you ought to desire, at all — or put in terms of reasons, to deny that reasons of the "wrong kind" are really reasons to desire at all.
But Mr. Martinez denied that his client had any financial incentive to lie about the test results.
Mr. Quarles denied that, saying the contracts contain sales incentives typical of the industry.
The producer of the new James Bond thriller Spectre has denied the script was changed to get incentives in Mexico.
