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It is a dangerous path-dependent phenomenon where one bad situation materially increases the risk of a subsequent situation that is even worse.
Mohamed A. El-Erian: Why Good Companies May Get Even Cheaper for Awhile Mohamed A. El-Erian 2011
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It is a dangerous path-dependent phenomenon where one bad situation materially increases the risk of a subsequent situation that is even worse.
Mohamed A. El-Erian: Why Good Companies May Get Even Cheaper for Awhile Mohamed A. El-Erian 2011
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Wu: The system's evolution is path-dependent, and once it enters a government-led path, vested interests that benefit from rent-seeking activities will inevitably seek to push the government-led market economy into state capitalism, and even crony capitalism.
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It is a dangerous path-dependent phenomenon where one bad situation materially increases the risk of a subsequent situation that is even worse.
Mohamed A. El-Erian: Why Good Companies May Get Even Cheaper for Awhile Mohamed A. El-Erian 2011
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Sadly, this method seems somewhat path-dependent - but I like the idea of fining myself! —
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Instead of expecting one grand course of development, we ought to expect a shifting fabric of contingent, fluctuating path-dependent processes.
Archive 2009-01-01 Daniel Little 2009
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Instead of expecting one grand course of development, we ought to expect a shifting fabric of contingent, fluctuating path-dependent processes.
Economic history analyzed Daniel Little 2009
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Outcomes are "path-dependent", in that they depend critically on the circumstances and accidents of the past.
Metaphors for history Daniel Little 2009
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The same reasons the GAO should not have ultimate authority to demand deliberations is the same reason why Oval Office discussions should have some degree of secrecy: Frank and open discussions are vital if policy is not going to be path-dependent and therefore not as relevant to current situations.
Audit the Fed, or End It?, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Outcomes are "path-dependent", in that they depend critically on the circumstances and accidents of the past.
Archive 2009-03-01 Daniel Little 2009
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