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Madmen in AuthorityPRINCETON – In The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes famously worried that, “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.”
Skeptics, however, warn that the mass media dictate the voices we hear and are less interested in reasoned debate than in catering to popular prejudices.
And, because those who believed this (virtually everyone whose voices were heard) belatedly perceived its insulting connotation, discussing the matter has caused considerable anguish in the years since.
Turkey needs a government that represents all of the country’s voices.
When women don’t vote, their voices are diminished in Pakistan’s already patriarchal politics.
There is a clear corollary: the voices and interests of relatively poor people count for little in American politics.
The point is to step outside of one’s comfort zones, distance oneself from the voices around the table that sound just like one’s own, and remember that board members are responsible for the direct and indirect impact of their decisions.
Fortunately, there are voices in America and elsewhere that advocate engaging Iran at the highest level.
So the noisiest are often rewarded with a megaphone, while less polarizing, less privileged voices are drowned out, even if they are providing the smart and nuanced perspectives that can truly enrich public discussions.
If the algorithm doesn’t do the job of silencing less privileged voices, online trolls often step in, directing hateful and threatening speech at whomever they choose.
In the age of algorithms, government must, more than ever, ensure the protection of vulnerable voices, even erring on victims’ side at times.
A single Nigerian nation is slowly but surely emerging from this cacophony of dissonant voices.
Nonetheless, the child-liberation movement that Satyarthi, Yousafzai, and others have helped to mobilize is growing by the day, and new, courageous voices are speaking out against injustices that cannot be allowed to persist for another generation.
Its catalogue of crimes includes: stealing the 2002 elections that enabled Mugabe to hold on to power; torturing and murdering supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change; transformation of a fertile, prosperous country once considered Africa's breadbasket into a place where half the population barely survives on foreign food handouts; and, as exemplified by its attacks on The Daily News , the suppression of critical voices.
Now many members, including Brazil, China, India, and several African countries, are raising their voices in support of more collegial leadership and an improved strategy that works for all.
With China, India, the US, Indonesia, Brazil, and other major global players speaking with one voice, Europe could no longer afford a cacophony of voices.
And yet, powerful voices in both rich and developing countries – and, tragically, even among the misinformed poor – claim that current income disparities are fair because they are a result of free markets.
But putting US weapons back into South Korea; acquiring real missile capability; allowing the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel; moving closer to breakout capability – all of these steps now have their advocates, and these voices will grow louder.
Their voices, however late in the day they have come, should be heeded.
As the war progressed, pro-war voices increasingly fell silent.
The narrative of resentment against the established secular elites, peppered with religious-chauvinist discourse and historical revisionism, facilitated their emergence as voices of the middle classes of the hinterlands and second-tier cities and towns.
endless variety and sharp individuality of its dramatis personae indicate that wayang reflects the variegation of human life as it is felt by the Javanese...”In short, Javanese culture helps Indonesia handle the many diverse voices that a new democracy throws up.
Curiously, while many Americans and Europeans want moderate Muslim voices to succeed in Indonesia (and Southeast Asia), they often undermine moderates with policies that are perceived as anti-Islamic.
It voices no illusions about its admission to NATO anytime soon.
These voices are likely to become louder if Papadopoulos is re-elected.
Those voices matter, but less every day.
Our independent media need to seek out voices not only of the warmongers who make so much noise, but also of civil society leaders whose voices we do not regularly hear.
Peace will be won by the moderate voices around the world that demand an end to senseless violence and to the tragic illusions of those who believe in a “final victory” over their foes.
Of course, not all important public voices belong to the "Serbomania chorus": in mid-April, a number of outstanding intellectuals published a manifesto standing up for NATO officially and urging the Romanian government not to backtrack.
Some voices in America are calling for even bigger increases.
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