Word: leveler
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...biggest criticism of the stress tests has been that they were not stressful enough. For instance, the government's "adverse case" scenario assumed an unemployment rate of 10.3%. But some economists are already predicting that unemployment will reach that level - or worse - in this recession. So the government's adverse scenario seems to be the actual...
That's really a survival mechanism we have as human beings. And we may even not at a conscious level be able to explain why we're cutting back. We're just doing it. You will just do it by intuition. And if you start to save money by intuition, you will never ever question it again...
...really love it so much I'll come back and buy it." Now we do know from our research studies that 60% of consumers will not buy the car or the bag the day after, simply because the dopamine is falling down to a level where you can't justify going back to the store...
...suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away," he said. "Because no matter how much we may want to fudge it - indeed, while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory - the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature." (See the top 10 commencement speeches of all time...
...passage of the financial propositions, the future would bring more headaches. The League of Women Voters says that Prop 1A would "make it more difficult for future governors and legislatures to enact budgets that meet California's needs and address state priorities" and "could lock in a reduced level of public services by not taking proper account of the state's changing demographics and actual growth in costs." The Legislative Analyst wrote, "The fiscal effects of Proposition 1A are particularly difficult to assess...