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When the cost of
conventional
energy rises, new suppliers see an opportunity; thus, before June 2014, when oil prices were high, investors poured resources into developing shale oil and gas in the United States.
Surprisingly, the same is true when it comes to basic,
conventional
schooling improvements like providing extra textbooks and building libraries.
Conventional
monetary policy operates by altering short-term interest rates, which includes the central bank buying and selling short-term government debt.
Conventional
and reformist politicians look alike and hence elicit the same response from much of the electorate.
It means engaging in costly behavior that is sufficiently extreme that a
conventional
politician would never want to emulate it, yet not so extreme that it would turn the reformer into a populist and defeat the purpose.
But there is reason to doubt the
conventional
wisdom.
And most of the new capabilities that NATO is acquiring are aimed at bolstering its expeditionary capabilities, rather than traditional
conventional
defenses.
But it is when things seem “nice and clear" that investors should question
conventional
wisdom.
In one sense, the
conventional
explanation of the recent euro-dollar movement is surely right.
But the same majority fears that the Palestinians – with the split leadership of a relatively moderate Fatah under Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and a Gaza administration under the implacable, terror-supporting leadership of Hamas – are not ready for a
conventional
peace and good neighborly relations.
The question is how these two democracies fell under the spell of leaders more reminiscent of Putin than of
conventional
Western leaders.
Is it time to revise the
conventional
economic wisdom?
According to the
conventional
wisdom of many environmental campaigners, we should first do everything we can to mitigate global warming, and only then focus on adaptation strategies.
India now requires one of the most delicate political balancing acts as only a minority of the elected performers are likely to have a recognizable ideology that can be turned into
conventional
political discipline.
Indeed, contrary to what has become
conventional
wisdom (sadly, normalizing what far-right parties have been saying), young European Muslims do not have a problem with religious or cultural “integration.”
Conventional
wisdom may finally be catching up with him.
Unconventional Monetary Policy on StiltsNEW YORK – With most advanced economies experiencing anemic recoveries from the 2008 financial crisis, their central banks have been forced to move from
conventional
monetary policy – reducing policy rates via open-market purchases of short-term government bonds – to a range of unconventional policies.
As a result, unconventional monetary policies – entrenched now for almost a decade – have themselves become
conventional.
In the short term, the resumption of
conventional
foreign policy by the US – which remains indispensible to the world order – could reduce the chance of crisis, because it implies a more predictable geopolitical environment.
Earlier this year, The Economist offered the
conventional
Western thinking.
Poking the Eurozone BearLONDON – The
conventional
wisdom is that, when confronted by a bear, you should lie motionless until it loses interest (or assumes that you are dead) and leaves you alone.
Unlike the attack on Syria’s nuclear plant, Israel’s
conventional
forces do not have the capacity to destroy Iran’s suspect installations.
The more Russian gas we burn, the more money Vladimir Putin has for military modernization and “hybrid warfare,” when Russia augments
conventional
forces with irregular troops and cyber weapons.
Lamont’s study confirmed the
conventional
wisdom that Americans value business success, while the French place greater value on culture and quality of life.
So the disadvantaged are lashing out – against trade, against immigration, and against the failure of
conventional
politicians to address their woes.
One reason is that, notwithstanding Trump’s bluster, the US has very few realistic military options: North Korea could use
conventional
weapons to wipe out Seoul and its surroundings, where almost half of South Korea’s population lives, were the US to strike.
So, while investors may be right to discount the risk of a
conventional
military conflict between the US and North Korea, they also may be underestimating the threat of a true black swan event, such as a disruptive cyberwar between the two countries or a dirty bomb attack against the US.
The mixed record of poverty reduction calls into question the efficacy of
conventional
approaches.
According to the
conventional
view, helicopter money is newly printed cash that the central bank doles out, without booking corresponding assets or claims on its balance sheet.
Until recently, the
conventional
view was that “mature” sovereigns always honored their debts, while only banana republics failed to do so.
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