Word: ideas
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...need recessions!" but from an environmental point, it's a relatively simple disincentive that causes people to cut back. But how do you cut back without putting even more people out of work? Without bringing the economy to a grinding halt? That's the challenge. There's this idea that we'll revive the economy with green alternatives, but that's harder to pull off than we think. You can't just swap one form of consumption for another and expect to come out ahead...
...Instead, they went home, where Andersson had an even more ambitious idea: to compose Kristina fran Duvemala (Kristina from Duvemala) as a sung-through national epic, in a style that would span folk tunes, symphonies and musical theater. Ulvaeus, adapting the Moberg novels - which had served as the source for two popular Swedish films in the '70s, The Emigrants and The New Land - also had a radical notion: for the first time in his career, he'd write his lyrics in his native language...
...they did not heckle Bush, take part in the jests of the masses, or try to create a racial caricature of him. Instead, Democrats offered the credible policy options that gave them a sound victory in 2008. No opposing party ever gained traction without bringing at least one new idea to the table. If Republicans want to challenge the president, garner ideas; trying to publicly humiliate Obama can only backfire. Not only are the means Republicans have been using inappropriate, the end they are seeking to achieve—making a fool of Obama—seems improbable. And besides...
...America isn't so keen on national industrial policy. But in Detroit's past, you can find an idea for its future - and the nation's. Back in the '50s, the Federal Government began investing what would eventually reach half a trillion dollars in what became the interstate highway system. You could have considered that an incredible subsidy for the auto industry - which it was - but it was also an investment in the nation's future...
...years ago on the tropical island of Hainan, where, every year, China invites the high and mighty from around the world to address the weighty issues of the day at a plush resort. The theme of the conference was "Green China," and if there was a single underlying idea, it was that China, having just become the world's largest emitter of CO2 gases, was going to jump wholeheartedly on the global bandwagon to combat climate change. But on the conference's final day, during the main event and keynote address, President Hu Jintao talked about China's commitment...