Far from discouraging work, the right kind of welfare can do just the opposite.
For anybody hoping to live on the cash flow from investments, these are discouraging numbers.
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On January 14th Norway announced that it would end its policy of discouraging investment in Myanmar.
Taking away that ability, corporate treasurers say, might have the perverse effect of discouraging risk management.
It's also discouraging people from setting up new businesses and it's putting off potential foreign investors.
The United States has an interest in discouraging its Israeli friends from harboring unrealistic expectations.
Unfortunately, too many organizations in health care are in poor health and showing discouraging vital signs.
Leon Panetta's first briefing on bin Laden as CIA chief, in February 2009, was discouraging.
Still many pros say the high entry fee is discouraging them, despite the favorable competition.
But Bergoglio stuck to a more traditional line, discouraging his fellow Jesuits from political activism.
And the government's strategy of targeting cash on poorer pensioners through means-tested top-ups is discouraging saving.
Business-class tickets often sell slowly in the summer, and the Olympics may be discouraging business trips.
The numbers also reveal some discouraging underlying trends that have been persistent for a long time.
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While Thursday's figures were discouraging, Wal-Mart's recession-friendly strategy has been paying off for its investors.
And I found that rather disconcerting that they were discouraging us from reading the articles.
All of this should not be discouraging to companies worried about complying with anti-bribery laws.
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Its aim is to provide a modicum of systemic stability by discouraging arbitrary arrest and prosecution.
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In the former communist world, state dependency fostered attitudes seen as discouraging successful enterprise.
The results were all the more discouraging as they came with an extra sales week included.
Even if the darkest forecasts don't come true, the slippage so far this year is discouraging.
"The price change is aimed at discouraging the consumption of tobacco products, " the Pentagon said.
That is one of the most dangerous and discouraging things for the working man.
The military presence is also aimed at discouraging participants from straying into Cuban territory.
Business owners in Matlock say the high council charges are discouraging customers and have affected business.
The ads were artfully designed to challenge Feingold without specifically discouraging a vote for him.
Prevention strategies include filtering drinking water and discouraging people with Guinea worm from wading in water.
But Seattle's mayor, Greg Nickels, has said publicly that discouraging begging is what they are for.
Yet proponents suggest that means the tax is doing its job of discouraging the targeted conduct.
While I admire Kickstarter in some ways, as an investor I find it discouraging.
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NPR's Jeff Brady visited one town where seldom is heard discouraging words, like recession.
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