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Paris would blame not its own lack of political foresight for the defeat but the lack of support from its European partners.
With the right investment, foresight, and commitment, this underappreciated resource can create jobs and deliver sustainable growth.
Moreover, in antiquity, Hope was personified as a young woman named Elpis, and usually stood for a lack of foresight.
Rather than blind hope, foresight based on knowledge and experience should govern how we manage the future of this technology and our relationship with it.
It is easy to blame people for lack of foresight, but none of the nine hardest hit countries had developed one.
Anyone with an ounce of foresight should have known that the status of Northern Ireland would become a stubborn conundrum at the center of the Brexit negotiations.
Even if politicians have perfect foresight of the disaster that awaits if nothing is done, they may have little ability to persuade voters, or less insightful party members, that the short-term costs must be paid.
It takes little foresight, however, to predict that more force will not produce more security for Israel.
Let us hope that Europe’s politicians have the foresight to meet these challenges before European science becomes irreversibly marginalized.
Even though lack of foresight is universally viewed as a leading cause of its Iraq debacle, the United States (with British backing probable) is now preparing to recognize Kosovo’s independence unilaterally – irrespective of the consequences for Europe and the world.
On the contrary, it is in such circumstances that calm foresight is most necessary.
It remains to be seen whether this approach requires more foresight and courage than today’s political leaders in South Korea, the West, and China can muster.
The term “capitalism” used to mean an economic system in which capital was privately owned and traded; owners of capital got to judge how best to use it, and could draw on the foresight and creative ideas of entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers.
So I would expect Stiglitz to be well aware that hindsight is clearer than foresight.
To be sure, in the early months of my presidency, some of my ideas demonstrated more theatrical flair than political foresight.
According to all we know, these variations are strictly accidental, totally devoid of any intentionality or foresight – hence the widespread notion that the history of life was ruled by contingency.
But with foresight and preparation, the world can minimize the disruption they will inevitably cause to ensure lasting and inclusive growth.
The point is that preventive care is all-important in avoiding bad surprises, and in the area of foresight the IMF has been strictly useless, if not worse.
Without patience and foresight, Bell Labs could not have reaped the tremendous long-term benefits of these breakthroughs.
But they reflect the kind of foresight and experimentation that will be needed to address transnational challenges in a deeply interconnected and fast-changing world.
China must exercise the foresight needed to begin paying this debt now, when it is manageable, rather than allowing it to accumulate and, ultimately, threaten to bankrupt us all.
The transition to a safe, low-carbon future requires all parts of society to act responsibly and with foresight.
Whether the consequences of this development will be good or bad depends on whether the region can muster the foresight and strength actively to shape this process.
For his foresight and bravery, one cannot give him too much credit.
In June 1871, just after the war ended, the French statesman Léon Gambetta declaimed: “Our adversaries have won, because they rallied to their side foresight, discipline, and science.”
In the early months of my presidency, indeed, some of my ideas had more theatrical flair than political foresight.
One reason for this lack of foresight was uncritical admiration of financial innovation; another was the inherently flawed structure of the eurozone.
Obama can build on this in reconstructing the international financial system, but it will require great tact and foresight on both sides.
With creativity, cooperation, and foresight, we can mobilize new revenues to turn our great global wealth into sustainable wellbeing for all.
But they can succeed by displaying comparable wisdom and foresight.
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