Motivated by recent government interventions in the form of mandated subsidies for new and existing generation capacity, I examine the impact of subsidized entry of electricity generation capacity on the performance of centralized capacity auctions.
"There's an emphasis on individual freedoms and rights and responsibilities versus collectivism — although I admit we will never have high pension coverage without some form of mandate".
But as an Athenian, I must write that it is heartbreaking to see my city torn apart while 300 people, most of whom are fundamentally part of the problem, decide on dubious solutions without any form of mandate, even in the loosest sense of indirect democracy.
He spent an hour preparing to argue an appeal in a case his office had brought seeking to prevent gun manufacturers from distributing guns to retailers that, in turn, made guns available to criminals -- a form of judicially mandated gun control.
While fuel injection adds technical sophistication and daily-driver relevance, it also affords an opportunity for external control, so the potential for more enforced equality is there in the form of a mandated engine calibration for every car — essentially today's carburetor restrictor plate gone high-tech.
Deeply influenced by Calvinist theology, the colonial authorities were convinced that democracy was the form of government mandated by God.
As for Mr. Gensler, he is now, after all these months calling for some form of federally mandated limits on speculative trading on oil, gas and other energy futures.
Instead of mandating that student outcome data be a part of teacher evaluation, it requires that test scores form the majority of any teacher evaluation system.
Journalists who would never dream of filling out their own tax returns deride executives who claim they have no clear idea of the contents of thousands of pages of mandated forms and accounts that remain unread by anyone, including the government bodies that mandate them until bankruptcy or recession lends 20-20 postmortem clairvoyance to press, politicians and prosecutors.
But in practice, they're unwilling to accept what writing those principles into law would entail: namely, some form of individual mandate and/or substantial subsidies.
