Explanation
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Another, far more credible
explanation
is that Europeans’ interpretations of “a more active and stronger security policy” differ widely.
But my
explanation
did not help.
Harvard’s former president Larry Summers touched off one explosion in 2005 when he tentatively suggested a genetic
explanation
for the difficulty his university had in recruiting female professors in math and physics.
I listened carefully to his
explanation
of my role in the “web of relations.”
The best partial
explanation
that I have seen starts with the philosopher Ernest Gellner’s cruel observation about left-wing academics.
But, again, this is only a partial, and ultimately inadequate,
explanation.
Low competitiveness, too, is not an explanation, as real (inflation-adjusted) wage costs have declined by more in Greece in recent years than in any other eurozone country, with the exception of Ireland.
So the only
explanation
for Greece’s poor export performance must be that the Greek economy has remained so distorted that it has not responded to changing price signals.
A common
explanation
for China’s apparent invulnerability is that it has large pools of domestic savings and enormous foreign-exchange reserves (over $3 trillion), which can be spent down to head off financial panics.
Another common
explanation
for China’s resilience is political.
This
explanation
for the high body count defies belief.
One
explanation
for this commonality is that launching a public campaign against a powerless, unpopular group like drug users is an easy way for a leader to mask other shortcomings.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s corruption-tainted government tottering on the brink of collapse, there has been no official
explanation
of how India was caught napping in a militarily critical area where, in the recent past, China had made repeated attempts to encroach on Indian land.
Of course, neoconservative critics of the high court will see in this
explanation
the confirmation of their worst fears.
The economic crisis seems to be the most obvious explanation, but perhaps too obvious.
The
explanation
for this demographic trend is straightforward: global fertility rates have plummeted, from five children per woman, on average, in 1950-1955, to 2.5 children per woman in 2010-2015.
The simplest
explanation
for this may be found in Flaubert’s words about Don Quixote : “I found my origins in this book, which I knew by heart before I learned how to read.”
One popular
explanation
is a culture that denigrated industry and entrepreneurship.
In fact, this supposed
explanation
for British decline has not stood the test of time.
A second popular
explanation
for British decline focuses on the educational system.
A final
explanation
for Britain’s failure to keep up makes economic policy the culprit.
Herein lies the most convincing
explanation
for British decline.
The most plausible
explanation
is that, as organizations with non-elected leaders and limited transparency, central banks tend to function as clubs whose largely male membership hire and promote familiar types; governments usually reinforce this by simply rubber-stamping the banks’ preferred candidate for the top job.
Nobel laureate economist Robert Schiller defines a narrative as a “simple story or easily expressed
explanation
of events.”
I believe the
explanation
was less sinister: flawed ideas, even with the best of intentions, can have serious consequences.
With these words, posted online, Gillian Bennett, an 85-year-old New Zealander living in Canada, began her
explanation
of her decision to end her life.
Unfortunately for all of us, the
explanation
bears repeating nowadays.
One possible
explanation
is that education levels in Europe outstripped the pace of technological change, oversupplying the market for advanced skills.
One potential
explanation
for this “new normal” that has gotten a lot of attention is declining productivity growth.
While global trade also fell in 2009, the
explanation
was obvious: The world was experiencing a sharp contraction in GDP at the time.
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