First, they chose to try to wipe out the deficit, rather than spur growth.
The idea that spending reductions slow, rather than spur the economy is what Paul Krugman, The Times editorial board, and many liberal economists have been advancing since the downturn.
Rather than spur productivity-enhancing investments, it created opportunities for tax shelters – investments driven solely by the potential for tax savings without regard to economic merit.
But the new stance cheered those who believe that such patents retard rather than spur medical progress and interfere with people's access to information about themselves.
The goal is, if the ANA commander isn't effective, the Marine will not to take command, but rather to spur him to command effectively.
Rather than spurring growth, Monti's labour reform risks escalating an existing generational conflict.
Rather than spurring economic development, resource windfalls have often sucked investment from other sectors and stunted industrialization.
Maybe we could have kept Melanie Phillips in the liberal-left camp, rather than spurring her journey to the extremes.
Global Trade Alert, a watchdog, says that since 2008, over 70% of the changes to trade rules around the world have curbed trade, rather than spurring it.
It could help to restore business and household confidence, and encourage firms to keep investing.Some commentators have criticised the package for focusing too much on investment (which is already high as a share of GDP in China) rather than spurring consumption through income-tax cuts.
