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Models, thus simplified, suggested policies that seemed to work – that is, until the plumbing backed up.
And the plumbing malfunctioned because herd behavior – shaped by policies in ways that we are only now coming to understand – overwhelmed it.
It is a sort of plumbing problem for the banking system, but we need to fix the plumbing by changing the structure of the banking system itself.
Perhaps in the six months between the amputation and the new limb, someone could arrange for them to learn a new trade, such as plumbing.
Indian businesses and other institutions are finally beginning to see opportunity in addressing their country’s problems – which brings me back to plumbing.
I was lured to the computer center at Amrita’s Ammachi Labs by a haptic simulator – in essence, a device that lets you feel directed pressure and vibrations (accompanied by an infernal noise!), like when one is cutting plumbing pipe.
But in fact, sexy as the technology is, I was more impressed by the overall notion of practical courseware – and not just in plumbing – that could give millions of people marketable skills at a fraction of the cost of conventional vocational training, ultimately in many other fields, such as welding, carpentry, painting, and the like.
The plumbing course includes taps and faucets, how to lay and cut piping, and, finally, “plumbing ethics.”
In India, plumbing is a low-caste job (because it is connected with toilets and human waste); the course tries to fight that perception and instill pride in its students.
As it happens, plumbing is fraught with social significance in India; many girls do not go to school, owing to inadequate or broken plumbing.
And that is just plumbing.
The commercial potential of the Internet, the human genome project, and robotics pales in comparison with that of the spinning jenny, the steam engine, and indoor plumbing.
Commodity prices are plumbing new depths.
Imagine further that the “bad bank” helps the financial sector, which was recapitalized generously by strained Greek taxpayers in the midst of the crisis, to shed their legacy of non-performing loans and unclog their financial plumbing.
This sends a chilling signal to financial markets, which have been plumbing multiyear lows all month.
The Case for Muddling Through BrexitSANTA BARBARA – Panic is gripping markets – stocks and bonds are falling, the pound is plumbing new depths, fears of recession are rampant – all because a slim majority of voters in the United Kingdom decided that the country should leave the European Union.
A generation later, humanity is plumbing even greater depths of moral depravity.
Its major companies are facing huge debt refinancing needs, its currency reserves are collapsing, its economy is heading toward a deep recession, and the ruble is plumbing new lows.
Repairing the Global PlumbingNEWPORT BEACH – More than three years after the global financial crisis, the world still has a nasty plumbing problem.
Absent that, plumbing problems will become more acute, and the repairs more complex and threatening to virtually everyone – including both the “one percenters” and those who worrisomely are struggling at the margins of society.
Its stock fell by more than 14% in one day in mid-August, plumbing depths not seen for two and a half years.
Northwestern University’s Robert Gordon has argued that IT- and Internet-led innovations like automated high-speed data processing and e-commerce pale in comparison to the breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution, including the steam engine, electricity, and indoor plumbing.
He points to examples such as indoor plumbing, automobiles, electricity, telephones, and central heating, and argues that all of them were much more important for living standards than recent innovations like the internet and mobile phones.
I agree with Gordon that I would rather give up my mobile phone and even the Internet than go without indoor plumbing and electricity.
He and his wife had started ripping out all the walls, plumbing, and wiring in their modest Washington apartment, hoping to refurbish it prior to the arrival of their first child.
Yes, I did not ask Hal what, exactly, he planned to do with my money (would he use it to fix his plumbing, to help his business, or would he waste it somehow?).
I then find myself entertained by stories of gorgeous ocean sunsets seen from the porch, views onto expanses of colorful wildflowers on mountainsides, and happy family reunions in beautiful seclusion (as well as problems with the plumbing).
Moreover, many gig workers, temporary employees, and new entrants on the labor market have been left without an income, while the bureaucratic plumbing of the new unemployment insurance schemes is an operational nightmare.
The pessimistic camp – which includes, most notably, Northwestern University economist Robert J. Gordon – argues that the productivity-enhancing effects of recent technological advances fall far short of those associated with earlier technologies such as electricity, indoor plumbing, and the automobile.
And with the Indian rupee plumbing record lows against the US dollar, essential imports have become more expensive.
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