Undermined

Undermined by Pam and Jim's wedding, the rest of the characters have sort of lingered in and out of focus, and Michael just doesn't know what to do with himself.

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Undermined by the deep economic crisis, the Socialists went on to lose control of six more regions in May and opinion polls show Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party would win a resounding victory if national elections were held today.

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Barbara Ehrenreich was interviewed on CBC about her book Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America and she makes some good points about positive thinking and how it can be negative.

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With that background, you wonder if and how she is going to get inside the topic of her latest book, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.

Book Review: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

Undermined by the country's deep economic crisis, Spain's outgoing prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, called early elections Nov. 20.

Spain's Rajoy Takes Aim at Deficit Jonathan House 2011

As the author Barbara Ehrenreich points out in her brilliant critique of this cultural phenomenon, "Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America," it's responsible not only for a sort of "new age" spiritual laziness, but even the failure of our banking system.

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Undermined by graft scandals and seen as out-of-touch with voters battling high inflation, Congress' failure to deal with Hazare's campaign before it became a national issue spells danger for the ruling party in state polls next year ahead of the 2014 general election.

India anti-graft activist to end fast after government Reuters 2011

Undermined by graft scandals and seen as out-of-touch with voters battling high inflation, Congress' failure to deal with Hazare's campaign before it became a national issue spells danger for the ruling party in state polls next year ahead of the 2014 general election.

India anti-graft activist to end fast after government Reuters 2011

If there's an omission here, it's that Hirsh does not really ever step back and ponder the limitations and uncertainties of all economic thinking, which renders prediction a fool's game (for a crisis book that handles that subject quite well, see Yves Smith, "Econned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Undermined Democracy and Corrupted Capitalism").

Robert Teitelman: Michael Hirsh's "Capital Offense" Robert Teitelman 2010

[3] With that background, you wonder if and how she is going to get inside the topic of her latest book, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America [3].

A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich » Print 2009