A more productive solution would be to persuade other members of the European Union that the "personal use" directive should be reformed, so as to permit enforceable limits on the amount of alcohol and tobacco that travellers could take across borders.
Opportunity costs can skyrocket as scarce resources pour into dubious misapplications of trendy technologies dominating the headlines, crowding out less fashionable, but far more relevant and productive solutions.
Instead of stealing money from companies that earned it through foresight and stringent business practices, politicians need to break it to America that high oil prices are here to stay and enact some safer and more productive long-term solutions: 1. Pass legislation that mandates higher fuel efficiency standards.
Perhaps the exposure of this situation in the article will encourage Southampton Town officials to find more realistic, responsible and productive solutions to the serious problems afflicting many residents of Hampton Bays who would like to be able to live in their homes and take pride in their community.
For the vast majority of the world's hungry, the main solutions lie in more productive local agriculture (higher food output per acre), a more diverse mix of nutritious crops, and much greater public awareness regarding feasible and low-cost approaches to a healthy diet.
And this solution makes the economy more productive, providing more liquidity even as it allows more productive investment.
The general idea here is that current communication solutions don't necessarily make their users more productive.
SRI describes its mission as creating world-changing solutions to make people safer, healthier, and more productive.
Among politicians, "reform" has become a byword for cuts; yet, as our report shows, true reform ought to find solutions to make Britain fairer, more inclusive and more productive.
The overall communication in the meeting would have been greatly improved, and a new solution could have come out of a more productive discussion.
