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I am told that economic
theory
has gone a long way toward recognizing and studying disequilibrium situations.
Indeed, if the shock is an increase in the dollar price of oil, an inflation target in
theory
dictates tightening monetary policy enough that the currency appreciates.
Moreover, we conducted a thorough review – the first of its kind – of how science is taught at universities in the Muslim world, including pedagogical methods, textbooks, language of instruction, censorship of “controversial” topics (such as the
theory
of evolution), and the role of religion in science classes.
In theory, this is what democracy is all about – policy responding to the needs of the people.
The
theory
underlying the law is that a new set of accredited third-party marketplaces, rather than the overburdened Securities and Exchange Commission (which missed Bernie Madoff’s monster Ponzi scheme), will ensure that entrepreneurs tell the truth, and that investors know what they are buying.
This is why financial
theory
prescribes spreading risks as evenly as possible around the world, rather than around only one country, as plans for a national catastrophe fund envision.
But the stringent institutional reforms that they demand, while beneficial in theory, might not stabilize, let alone enhance, the development process.
One
theory
that has gained a lot of traction lately is that the so-called productivity paradox does not actually exist.
The currency was in
theory
governed by a rules-based Currency Board, which the British invented for their smaller colonies.
There, the extreme right threatened to shut down the US government, confirming what game
theory
suggests: when those who are irrationally committed to destruction if they don’t get their way confront rational individuals, the former prevail.
He did not manufacture it; decades of laissez-faire
theory
and proselytizing did.
Banks and insurance companies are to be avoided, on the
theory
that their activities are usurious and thus prohibited.
Great long-term investments are simple in theory, but difficult to execute; they will undoubtedly test your patience and resolve, especially if you face steep interim losses.
Just as determined monetary restraint 30 years ago ultimately overwhelmed cost-push pressures, an equally determined policy in the other direction could, in theory, boost nominal demand growth today.
In theory, when interest rates go up, there is reason to believe that asset prices will go down.
It is almost 700 pages long (including the notes), and, though Piketty does not spend much time on formal theory, he is not beyond sprinkling an occasional equation or Greek letters throughout the text.
Indeed, according to the American economist Irving Fisher’s long established “debt-deflation” theory, when an over-indebted economy suffers a shock, the joint effects of debt and deflation can trigger a downturn.
Indeed, traditional balance-of-power
theory
suggests that US primacy in power resources should be offset by a Sino-Russian partnership.
Similarly, a 2005 survey found that 59% of self-professed conservative Republicans rejected any
theory
of evolution, while 67% of liberal Democrats accepted some version of evolutionary
theory.
The distinction between the two prices is the foundation of modern finance
theory.
I asked this question of recent homebuyers on the
theory
that fear of job loss might help explain the remarkable boom in home prices in the US (as well as many other advanced countries).
My survey's results lend some support to this
theory.
As pure trade
theory
shows, the economic effects and welfare gains resulting from free trade are substituted, not enhanced, by those of free movement of labor.
Another is the capacity for price discrimination by new electronic market makers like Uber, which thus appropriate every penny of the old “consumer surplus” of microeconomic
theory.
In these uncharted territories, one must rely on a combination of intuition and
theory.
To see the mistake in this criticism, imagine that, on the basis of
theory
and some assumptions, one recommends new policy X, even though there is no hard evidence regarding whether or not X works.
Economic
theory
supports a VAT only if one does not care about distribution and if one can impose a tax on all commodities.
Over the past two years, the Green Economy has gone from
theory
to practice.
The Fed today has a “habitat theory” about why this time is different – that is, why the preferences of investors for particular maturity lengths imply that a yield-curve inversion would not mean what it has always meant.
In theory, the Norway option – membership of the European Economic Area – could be stretched to include a Liechtenstein-type protocol on limiting residency permits, or involve use of the EEA’s safeguard clause, which might allow restrictions on migration if inflows rose too quickly.
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