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That seems optimistic, at best.
So far, the chorus of criticism directed at the administration’s budget document has largely focused on its optimistic forecasts for GDP growth.
Watch the Google Hangout with Joseph NyeHoping for the Best Against TrumpNEW YORK – Is there any reason for liberals to feel optimistic after a year of political disasters?
This is no reason for despair, as we begin the New Year, but no reason to be optimistic, either.
But there is reason to be optimistic: in Pakistan and Indonesia, encouraging examples show how partnerships among government, police, women’s groups, paralegals, and non-governmental organizations can work to strengthen women’s voice and agency, and thus their potential to contribute more fully to society.
While Adam Smith started us on the optimistic belief that an invisible hand would take care of most coordination issues, in the intervening period economists discovered all sorts of market failures, informational imperfections, and incentive problems, which have given rise to rules, regulations, and other forms of government and societal intervention.
So why be optimistic about cargo drones?
The Measurement of HopeSEATTLE – The lives of the world’s poorest people have improved more rapidly in the last 15 years than ever before, yet I am optimistic that we will do even better in the next 15 years.
In the wake of Russia’s apparent departure from democratization during Vladimir Putin’s presidency, and of the wars in Chechnya and Georgia, the EU has adopted increasingly cautious language, sounding less optimistic about the prospects of a real partnership.
In either of these two more optimistic scenarios, one consequence will be the transfer – actual or putative – of considerable sums of money from developed to emerging or developing countries to cover some of their costs for emissions abatement and environmental protection.
But I am optimistic that the United States, at least, will adapt successfully to the new technology.
Why am I so optimistic?
As I look ahead to 2014, I am more optimistic than ever about the progress that we can make using the power of vaccines to give all children – wherever they live – a healthy start to life.
So far, at least, it seems that Rivlin is right to be optimistic.
The uptick in expectations is reflected in financial markets, though many, including me, believe that current asset valuations are too optimistic.
The emerging consensus was that the IMF forecast for 2009, issued as the meeting convened, of global stagnation – the lowest growth in the post-war period – was optimistic.
Even with optimistic assumptions, the International Energy Agency estimates that, by 2035, we will produce just 2.4% of our energy from wind and 0.8% from solar.
But, as creed, clan, culture, climate, and currency cause the world to become increasingly alienated from the US-centric international order, such declarations may be excessively optimistic.
Carrying the scenario further, one could even dream up an optimistic outlook for the UK’s trade balance, with a highly competitive exchange rate significantly improving demand in its major market, the eurozone.
The European Central Bank has been less clear about its intentions, but has sounded notably more optimistic about growth in the eurozone, noting that all the job losses associated with the crisis have now been offset.
Iranians today are far less optimistic about repairing relations with the West, and particularly with the US.
Iranians are also less optimistic about President Hassan Rouhani’s ability to deliver greater prosperity, as large protests in December and January showed.
The most optimistic of these predicts that renewables could account for close to 80% of total energy supply by mid-century, thereby cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by around one-third.
Yet we remain optimistic.
Sub-Saharan Africans are the most optimistic – 97% of Ghanaians, for example, expect to be much better off in two years.
Up to 30% of the more optimistic consumers in some countries say that they are shopping more frequently and purchasing new and more expensive products.
But trusting solely in a diplomatic dialogue and sanctions to bring about a lasting peace may be excessively optimistic.
However, as things stand, most independent economists expect 7-7.5% annual GDP in 2013-2017, while the International Monetary Fund forecasts a more optimistic 8.2-8.5% rate during this period.
And I am more optimistic about my plan to prevent disastrous inequality than Piketty is about his.
In fact Italy's government was among the first to support the idea of jettisoning the Stability Pact, and had to be rebuked by the EU Commission for "over optimistic" budget projections.
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