Rather, it rings of a self fulfilling prophecy.

But this threatens to become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Unfortunately, such talk could well become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Its presence is enough to support a benign self fulfilling prophecy.

Was this wishful thinking or self fulfilling prophecy? We will never know.

Americans and Chinese must avoid letting exaggerated fears create a self fulfilling prophecy.

The government must then raise taxes and the fallacy becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

Their resilience is important, because market fears of instability often become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Continuous talk of a Sunni Shia divide might ultimately develop into a self fulfilling prophecy.

In this context, the fear that Afghanistan will unravel once again risks becoming a self fulfilling prophecy.

But in an already polarized environment, an Ortega Bush standoff is nothing more than a self fulfilling prophecy.

Confidence is a self fulfilling prophecy, and we can, and should, manage it by direct intervention in asset markets.

The greatest danger is that an escalating fear of enmity in the three countries becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

The administration seems bent on herding adversaries together transforming Samuel Huntington s clash of civilizations dystopia into a self fulfilling prophecy.

The process of isolation of Israel starts in the heads of its citizens, and is becoming a self fulfilling prophecy.

This is creating a self fulfilling prophecy once the Bundesbank starts guarding against a breakup, everybody will have to do the same.

And should things work out that way, this would be due more to a self fulfilling prophecy on the West s part than to Turkey s policies.

The mistrust and fear that this elicits in the bond markets can lead to liquidity crises that, creating a self fulfilling prophecy, drive countries closer to default.

Both sides must take care that an incident concerning Taiwan does not lead in that direction. Americans and Chinese must avoid letting exaggerated fears create a self fulfilling prophecy.

Israel s concern that the region will grow more hostile will become a self fulfilling prophecy if new democracies see the Israeli government impeding steps toward a viable and just solution.

Continuous talk of a Sunni Shia divide might ultimately develop into a self fulfilling prophecy. Alarmist rhetoric may, in the end, jeopardize rather than protect the status quo in the region.

I believe that these fears are exaggerated, even misplaced. And should things work out that way, this would be due more to a self fulfilling prophecy on the West s part than to Turkey s policies.

The deep conviction that reform can only lead to revolution and chaos results in a stultification of reality that can lead to immobility and despair and thus become a dangerous and self fulfilling prophecy.

Before even a word has been spoken, Europeans are being told that the negotiations in Brussels will be bad tempered, with vetoes by individual member states looming large. Unfortunately, such talk could well become a self fulfilling prophecy.

In this context, the fear that Afghanistan will unravel once again risks becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. In fact, a closer look at various key governments approaches to Afghanistan reveals that only the US is maintaining a coherent stance.

Moreover, in foreign policy, as in life itself, outlooks can be self reinforcing, and self fulfilling.

Expectations become self fulfilling, oil prices rise, a speculative bubble is born.

Dark prophecies are often wrong, but they may also become self fulfilling.

Part of Syria s agony is the self fulfilling nature of the conflict.

Most ironic is the self fulfilling critique that many activists now use.

The mistrust and fear that this elicits in the bond markets can lead to liquidity crises that, creating a self fulfilling prophecy, drive countries closer to default. They are then forced to implement austerity programs that lead to deep recessions and, ultimately, to banking crises.

Until then, markets will keep pressure on sovereign spreads, making a self fulfilling crisis likely.

Fear feeds on itself, and the prediction that stocks will lose value becomes self fulfilling.

And, even if they don t make that choice, fear of such exits can easily become self fulfilling.

Increasing risk aversion is leading economic agents to adopt a wait and see stance that makes the slowdown partly self fulfilling.

The Perils of Prophecy

More subtly, Microsoft can control expectations, which turn out to be self fulfilling when network economies are substantial, as they are in software markets.

War threats in the Middle East should never be dismissed as hollow. Prophecies of war, moreover, have too frequently proven themselves to be self fulfilling.

Indeed, the logic is self fulfilling as more foreign currency flows into the market, the economy will continue to overheat, necessitating further interest rate hikes.

On one side is the danger that today s alarmism will prove self fulfilling that trade officials and investors will turn the doomsday scenario into reality by panicking.

Trading on the momentum of price movements may then become a rational activity that becomes self fulfilling, as investors decide to ride the bubble while it lasts.

After all, the post war Marshall Plan was so successful not because of its size, but because it helped to counteract zero sum games and self fulfilling pessimism.

Uneducated women then have few alternatives, and the expectation becomes self fulfilling, leaving women in a continuous cycle of powerlessness that has had significant adverse long term effects.

Regulatory action since the financial crisis might diminish bubbles in the future. But public fear of bubbles may also enhance psychological contagion, fueling even more self fulfilling prophecies.

Fulfilling the Genomic Promise