There are excellent arguments in favour of taxing in order to reduce the occurrence of smoking, excessive boozing and obesity.

FORBES: Alcohol, Obesity and Smoking Do Not Cost Health Care Systems Money

Republicans, in turn, are painted as irresponsible zealots, willing to risk the future of Social Security in order to favour the rich.

ECONOMIST: Desperately seeking an agenda

In truth, the party has a decent range of identifiable policies: it is against European integration, against higher taxes and in favour of a stern position on law and order.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Mr Kuroda and Mr Iwata have said they are in favour of buying government debt with longer maturities in order to achieve the central bank's new inflation target of 2%.

BBC: Haruhiko Kuroda

The First Minister is clear George Osborne's Plan A must now be scrapped in favour of a Plan B that involves some borrowing in order to spend on infrastructure projects.

BBC: Crunching encounters - and numbers

Collingwood's vast experience, plus his expertise in bowling and fielding was overlooked in favour of a straightforward six batsmen, five bowler policy - Trott and Ian Bell both appearing in the middle order either side of Pietersen at four.

BBC: Shane Watson century too much for England in Melbourne

To be consistently getting 70% of the move to be in ones favour is a tall order so an alternative, more efficient and effective approach is required.

FORBES: Optional Opportunity

Like children everywhere, she had made the rules purposely impenetrable in order to stack the odds of winning in her favour.

BBC: Echoes of an ancient land along Turkey's Abraham Path