The roads, water and electricity – pre-requisites for a functioning industry – all seem to exist.
The real war they should be waging is for a functioning credit system.
Accused of fostering a dependency culture, it has nonetheless provided the foundation for a functioning economy.
Free speech is a basic human right, and an essential tool for a functioning democracy.
For a start, he needs to create a professional police force, rationalize government administration and finances and make room for a functioning parliamentary opposition.
It is important for a functioning society: it humanises the realities of wages, commutes and working days, where rampant capitalistic overdrive seeks to dehumanise them.
A "shared culture," which results partly from exposure to a wide range of opinion, is important for a functioning democracy, he argues.
The choice between one powerful political family and another isn't really any choice at all – and it's certainly not encouraging for a functioning democracy.
How could it possibly be good for a functioning democracy if a bit more than two dozen people have a voice equal or greater than 50 million?
With its population down to the 2,000 level that is often considered the threshold for a functioning regional center, Superior, the anchor of Nuckolls County, has vowed it will not catch the death chill of nearby Hardy.
"The question is, do you need political integration for a functioning monetary union?" The answer, for the most part, is no, said Professor Lane, adding that "monetary policy is essentially a technical exercise, when delegated to an independent central bank".
