Mistaken
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I was
mistaken.
Twenty years ago, we were gripped by fear that Japan would overtake our economic leadership – a concern that was unfounded then and, in hindsight, looks profoundly
mistaken.
Yet renewed EU enthusiasm should not be
mistaken
for unwavering confidence.
Others will, of course, have to continue to bear the costs of the
mistaken
and mismanaged adventure in Iraq.
The conventional wisdom on wealth and inequality is similarly
mistaken.
For no one should be mistaken: there are alternatives to European integration - all of them bad, unwanted, and dangerous.
Aside from the risks to interviewers collecting such data during a conflict, these include the selection bias of households in the sample, a lack of credible population data to which to apply the changed mortality rates, and
mistaken
or misleading accounts by participants.
To be sure, de Gaulle was not
mistaken
when he pointed out that Britain’s political culture was different from France’s.
On both sides of the Atlantic, however, ignoring the issue seems to have been
mistaken
for a policy.
Even today, many
mistaken
notions about leprosy persist.
Today, the risk of an accidental or
mistaken
nuclear ballistic-missile launch is unnecessarily high.
After all, China has been under constant pressure from foreign governments to revalue, in the
mistaken
belief that a stronger currency would reduce China’s large trade surplus.
When the IARC, which restricts its panels to consider only a narrow spectrum of selected publications, makes a
mistaken
decision, the effects are harmful.
The problem is
mistaken
tactics by the Chinese government.
And such decisions may not be recognized as
mistaken
or unjust until later – consider Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-American citizens early in World War II.
After the 2008 financial crisis, many Chinese expressed the
mistaken
belief that the US was in terminal decline, and that China should be more assertive – particularly in pursuing its maritime claims in the South China Sea – at the expense of America’s allies and friends.
Publish or PerishOXFORD – A few years ago, two Norwegian researchers presented their version of a scientific-research slippery slope, with honest errors
(mistaken
observations and analyses) at the top and intentional fraud (plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication) at the bottom.
Illusions of a special relationship with the US replacing the influence of Europe are
mistaken.
The US is surrounded by oceans, and Canada and Mexico remain friendly, despite Trump’s
mistaken
policy of undercutting the North American Free Trade Agreement.
A lack of self-control can be
mistaken
for candor.
Aggression and manipulativeness can be
mistaken
for deal-making skills.
Nevertheless, Indonesians would be
mistaken
in thinking that they have nothing to fear.
Ordinary Europeans will pay a high price for their leaders self -deception and
mistaken
policies.
Are they merely mistaken, or is that "mistake" a moral vice?
But they would be
mistaken
to think that those who uphold them have lost the will – and the ability – to cultivate a spirit of cooperation and harmony.
But it is equally
mistaken
to believe that a true climate disaster cannot happen simply because one has not already occurred.
Western expectations of postcommunist Russia’s trajectory rested on three assumptions that proved to be
mistaken.
But it would be dangerously
mistaken
to conclude that the mere presence of migrants in Europe fuels support for extremists.
Market Myths and Social FactsYORK – Many of us remember the 1970s for its music and fashion, but we should also take a lesson from its
mistaken
beliefs.
It was one thing to believe these myths decades ago, but when experience and all the available evidence show them to be mistaken, it is time to make a change.
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