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A brigade of experts descended on the jails, looking for evidence to justify their own pet theories of terrorist psychology.
Everywhere else, for whatever reason – misguided strategies, tactical mistakes, erroneous theories, US intervention, etc. – they faced only defeat, repression, and futility.
To begin, the presumed causes of homosexuality are shrouded in pseudo-scientific theories and psycho-babble: homosexuals supposedly suffer from hormonal imbalances, or were sexually abused as children, or constitute an indeterminate "third sex" that is neither male nor female, or had absent fathers and over-protective mothers.
Concerns about bankruptcy - that the high interest rates pushed by the IMF in East Asia would force firms into distress, even adversely effect the exchange rates while destroying economies and making countries less attractive to investors - derived from a theory of corporate finance, itself derived from theories of asymmetric information.
Without an empowered multilateral system to police abuses, countries governed by strongmen will increasingly break their promises, lie, and peddle conspiracy theories – Trump’s modus operandi.
If anything, it fuels conspiracy theories (there is nothing more suspicious than the claim of absolute transparency).
Good and Bad InequalityPRINCETON – In the pantheon of economic theories, the tradeoff between equality and efficiency used to occupy an exalted position.
These theories, however, fail to reflect local realities.
Despite the profound – and largely unpredicted – financial and economic turmoil of the intervening decade, the intellectual influence of those whose theories suffered the most evidently remains undented.
How surprised should we be that, even after the Great Recession cast grave doubt on the rational-market theories so dominant a decade ago, the top tier of academic economics remains largely unchanged?
These considerations should lead us to focus on how to develop open societies and how to encourage greater and better integration of global markets, rather than seek to resuscitate bankrupt theories of economic autarky, self-reliance and protectionism which impede growth and inflict untold damage.
The theories to which he subscribes often have no basis in reality, but one can at least understand why he might believe them: for a former KGB agent, himself a spymaster, a heightened degree of suspicion that things may not be as they appear is not exactly shocking.
Trump’s susceptibility to – even enthusiasm for – radical conspiracy theories is less easy to explain.
Today, we face a form of voodoo politics: rule based on “alternative facts” and unfounded and untestable theories that cast their own kind of spell on citizens struggling to comprehend a globalized world and economy from which they feel alienated.
Hirschman believed that the possibilities for economic development are not nearly as constrained as comprehensive theories would lead us to believe.
Both of these theories can be connected with Piketty’s arguments about the dynamics of capital accumulation.
Contrary to conspiracy theories, the Commission has little power; but, like other informal channels of “track two” diplomacy, it allows private citizens to explore ways to manage thorny issues.
Having grown up in the Soviet Union, I am particularly sensitive to the impact of perverse scientific theories on a society.
Joseph Stalin rejected Mendelian genetics (the fundamental laws of heredity) and even Darwin’s theory of evolution in favor of the bogus theories of Trofim Lysenko, the Soviet biologist who believed that human traits were acquired, not inherited.
He not only supported the Lysenko theories, but also believed ideologically hardened engineers and geologists who insisted that the rules of communism could defy the laws of nature.
The same paranoia-fueled attraction to bogus science often motivates authoritarians to endorse conspiracy theories.
But perhaps no current leader is more susceptible to misbegotten science and half-baked conspiracy theories than the US president and wannabe authoritarian, Donald Trump.
In the 1950s, Soviet influences (characterized by heretical clinical theories whereby particular forms of political and religious dissent were attributed to specific varieties of “dangerous” mental illness) dominated.
But, although their prediction turned out to be spectacularly wrong, that has not led Taylor or any of the other signatories to rethink their theories or to consider that perhaps Bernanke knows something about monetary economics.
Our research tools and theories remain primitive relative to the complexity of the human brain and there are few definitive answers about the causes and treatment of mental illness.
Conspiracy theories abound, particularly among the ranks of financial traders, for whom volatility is like wind to a sailor.
Those seeking to spread misinformation and conspiracy theories now have more opportunities than ever to do so.
In fact, the Christian image of the all-powerful Jew feeds the conspiracy theories that infect the way Muslims regard Jews.
Bizarre theories sprung up about Diana’s death including claims that the British secret service murdered her because she was a threat to the throne, or that she is living happily with her new love, Dodi Fayed, having staged the entire event to get away from the glare of publicity.
As the council deliberates, two competing theories emerge.
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