It saves a lot of money in the short run but at great damage to our long-run interests: promoting responsible parenting and working to promote independence.
America's long-run interests are to spare the Iraqi people and economy, even if some military targets are left standing.
On the other hand, the huge Japanese investment in monetary assets denominated in dollars is not in the long-run interest of either country.
Hence the state can act in the long-run interests of capital against the current wishes of short-sighted capitalists.
The constitutional and organizational arrangements filter the interests of state personnel towards the long-run interests of the capitalists.
The state must appear class-neutral, the better to preserve the long-run interests of the capitalist class.
American federalism was also explained by Charles Beard (1935) as a device which promoted national integration in the long-run interests of the merchant class.
But Burt Flickinger, another retailing consultant, said it would be in Wal-Mart's long-run interest to pay better.
Let us hope that the short-run antitrade posturing doesn't get in the way of the long-run interests of the country.
Ethical questions arise because we live in communities that function according to rules and laws that promote the long-run interests of the community.