Habit
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Because it is, we must un-learn the wretched
habit
of thinking that truthfulness resides in the messenger rather than the message.
But special cases have a
habit
of multiplying.
It might also help Russia and the US overcome their old
habit
of viewing each other as enemies.
For a start, the French parliament must be given a greater role and government ministers must drop their
habit
of blaming Brussels whenever they want to introduce unpopular economic or social reforms.
Though nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has helped many smokers quit, the cigarette
habit
remains pervasive in many countries.
Externally driven changes in financial variables have thus become a source of serious risk, especially in countries, like Argentina, with a history of economic mismanagement, large current account deficits, other financial imbalances, and a
habit
of pursuing too many objectives with too few instruments.
He is in the
habit
of tweeting these offensive epithets directly to “the people,” a type of communication he calls “modern day presidential.”
The
habit
of changing the rules to keep power would persist after the strongman eventually leaves the scene, but the superficial stability of his rule would not.
Some observers, pointing to his record in the private sector, argue that Trump merely lies out of
habit.
Others believe that the frequency, repetition, and blatant nature of his lies reflect not
habit
but a deliberate political strategy to damage institutions associated with truth.
Indeed, by now the evidence that television watching is a dangerous
habit
has grown to such proportions that it is a wonder that stronger warnings and effective prevention have not been adopted.
Most people are creatures of habit; they crave predictability.
But May’s
habit
of stripping away people’s rights and powers is not new: for years, she has been normalizing the practice of stripping certain Britons of their citizenship altogether, even at the risk of rendering them stateless “citizens of nowhere.”
The big advantage of this approach is that it would force politicians to take full responsibility for their actions, rather than merely pointing the finger at Europe when something goes wrong – a
habit
that has fueled the rise of populism in many countries.
The democratic establishment, they assert, cannot be trusted to fulfill this purpose, as it is too busy protecting the wealthy – a
habit
that globalization has only intensified.
Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate who also writes a newspaper column, has made a
habit
of slamming the latest generation of models in macroeconomics for neglecting old-fashioned Keynesian truths.
They had to become as strong as their British masters, even if this involved the alien
habit
of eating beef.
In fact, despite the two nations' seemingly radical differences, they share a similar
habit
of confusing poverty with something else.
Younger US voters, generations removed from the Holocaust, do not share most of their elders’ reflexive
habit
of support for Israel.
The record of the last 20 years shows that the Chinese monetary and banking authorities have a
habit
of taking an ostrich approach to the informal financial sector, pretending that they are regulating the sector until serious problems emerge.
They ruminated relentlessly over past humiliations, a
habit
that fueled resentment and, eventually, revenge fantasies, leading them to use mass murder to achieve infamy and to hurt those perceived to have hurt them – even if it meant a “welcome death” for themselves.
But the EU’s
habit
is not to defeat the UN’s extremists, but to make strange compromises with them.
The Games, he noted, are “bound up with the rise of nationalism – that is, with the lunatic modern
habit
of identifying oneself with large power units and seeing everything in terms of competitive prestige.”
With virtually all of the mainstream parties having formed the same habit, the electorate’s only means of expressing its discontent was to vote for anti-establishment forces, many of which made opposition to the EU a central tenet of their platform.
Exchange rates have a nasty
habit
of overshooting their equilibrium values, then knifing back on countries, especially those who have been spending too much based on inflated income valuations.
For now, however, Brazil appears unwilling to kick its populist
habit.
Furthermore, Japan’s
habit
of distorting facts in its history books – for example, denying that its former colonial subjects were forced into sexual slavery – has fueled distrust and anger in South Korea and elsewhere in East Asia, including China.
Well-developed markets for real estate derivatives would allow homeowners to kick the gambling
habit.
Low-income people manifestly enjoy lotteries, and they will acquire the
habit
of looking forward to the lottery dates, which will deter them from cashing in their bonds.
Indeed, only about 15% of Australians and 20% of Americans smoke, but in 14 low and middle-income countries covered in a survey recently published in The Lancet, an average of 41% of men smoked, with an increasing number of young women taking up the
habit.
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