But critics of economics, if they believe that any kind of social analysis is possible, had better say what other simplifying assumption they would rather use.
The U.S. economy would have enjoyed much better performance if the burden of spending had been reduced rather than increased.
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For one thing, it has been reported that the vote-count will now be done at the ZEC's headquarters in Harare, the capital, rather than at polling stations in the constituencies, where opposition monitors would have had a better chance of vetting the local counts.
He said it would have been better had there been a major European input in the peace process, rather than it being left to the Americans, who are widely perceived in the Middle East not to be even-handed.
" It nonetheless seems reasonable to conclude that, had these leads been scrupulously pursued rather than covered up, we would have a far better appreciation of the enmity felt towards this country by all too many of our so-called Saudi "friends" and "allies.
This, rather plainly (and, to some, objectionably) was advocacy rather than prediction, though it also contained a view that America would have been better off if he had resigned, during 1998 or even after his impeachment.
While it is always better to be prepared, my money would be on the protagonist that had a better sense of self control and could repress dangerous emotions, rather than the obsessive over-planner that had top-of-the-line equipment but was prone to dangerous panic attacks.
We would be far better off if that money had been left in the private market to be invested by entrepreneurs rather than redistributed by politicians.
And finally Quadrophenia, which I always thought would work better if they had used period music throughout (Motown stuff mixed with early Who), rather than the bombastic soundtrack created for the film.
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