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The warm, optimistic former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan and Thatcher the Iron Lady got along very well through mutual empathy and a shared strategic vision of the world.
But I think that we have grounds to be optimistic about the future.
It was difficult to be optimistic.
Keynes, unlike many of his contemporaries, recognized the forces at work in the economy, adjusted his thinking, and, crucially, was not afraid to be optimistic.
In other words, Europeans are pessimistic about the future and thus are reluctant to stimulate growth, whereas Americans remain optimistic and prepared to give any policy instrument a chance.
But this figure may be optimistic, because it probably doesn't adequately factor in the costs of a possible war in Iraq, nor another round of tax cuts, nor the risk of higher interest rates in the years ahead.
Interpreted in light of even the most optimistic global warming scenarios, this is disturbing news.
I think this view is too optimistic, because I suspect that the government wants to finance its new expenditure with a tax hike.
Indeed, deficit-reduction programs were all too often founded on overly optimistic growth assumptions, and in times of robust economic growth, debt reduction was neglected.
Unfortunately, there is no reason to be optimistic.
Even the horrible growth numbers of the last couple quarters don’t seem to discourage this optimistic thinking.
The plan may not look like much, since it basically committed the world to more talking rather than specific actions, but I am optimistic for three reasons.
With headstones being smashed in Philadelphia, of all places, my encounter with Lauder could have left me filled with gloom; instead, it left me feeling optimistic.
By 2040, in the IEA’s optimistic scenario, solar power in Sub-Saharan Africa will produce 14kWh per person per year, less than what is needed to keep a single two-watt LED permanently lit.
The optimistic scenario is that private-sector job creation and rapid population aging will cause the labor market to tighten, which will make employment protection a less pressing concern – and make reform more politically palatable.
The optimistic reading is that, despite no sign of improvement in the labor market, economic performance has in fact started to improve, and an adjustment process is under way.
Although the year ended with reports of cases in Pakistan, health experts remain optimistic that polio can be fully eradicated in 2018.
Even an extremely optimistic Doha climate outcome would have cost $500 billion annually, with benefits of less than five cents on the dollar.
Foreign accusations that South Koreans were appeasers or irrationally optimistic about Kaesong were angrily rebuffed.
That scenario seems optimistic at best.
And in Libya, while getting rid of Muammar el-Qaddafi is a good first step, democracy and the rule of law are, to be optimistic, years away.
To some extent, tax cuts will be justified with overly optimistic projections regarding their impact on economic growth, as was done under President George W. Bush, with generally disastrous effects.
That forecast, moreover, is based on quite optimistic assumptions of strong economic growth and low interest rates.
But, for the same reason, I am optimistic that the stalemate will end after the election.
I may be too optimistic, but I think there is good reason to believe that the current budget stalemate reflects election posturing, and that the US political system will prove more effective at making progress on fiscal consolidation once the election is past.
But much of the rise is not justified, as it is driven by excessively optimistic expectations of a rapid recovery of growth towards its potential level, and by a liquidity bubble that is raising oil prices and equities too fast too soon.
We asked respondents to indicate how much control they had over their lives and how optimistic they were about the future, using a scale on which ten indicated a highly optimistic sense of control and one a deep level of powerlessness and pessimism.
It was because Shi’ite religious leadership felt empowered, optimistic, and secure enough to press the Sadrists to end their revolt.
An optimistic interpretation is that, all things being equal, the pound’s decline implies an improved balance-of-payments position in the future, and that the UK economy will undergo a much needed rebalancing.
The Crisis Europe NeedsBERKELEY – It’s hard to be optimistic about Europe.
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