Israel versus America versus Iran

Traditional versus modern, urban versus rural, intellectuals versus the peasantry these divisions are the stuff of political cliché.

Just to give you a few examples ending a pregnancy versus killing a fetus a ball of cells versus an unborn child invading Iraq versus liberating Iraq redistributing wealth versus confiscating earnings.

Because if you think about it, normally when we think of conflict, when we describe it, there's always two sides it's Arabs versus Israelis, labor versus management, husband versus wife, Republicans versus Democrats.

Democracy Versus Growth?

History versus Europe

Europe Versus Gazprom

Consolidators versus Stimulators

Need Versus Greed

Housing versus Habitat

Romney versus Obama

Lives versus Profits

Tribes versus Terrorists

Bismarck versus Bismarck

Multilateralism versus unilateralism

The issue is not free trade versus protectionism, but smart trade versus polarizing trade.

Cities versus suburbs and rural areas is a better description than coasts versus heartland.

So we do random assignment, placebo controlled, long term studies of different interventions.

But how do you weight diabetes versus heart attacks, life extension versus quality of life?

Beijing Versus the Billionaire

Iran Versus Saudi Arabia

Citizens versus Extreme Poverty

Democracy versus the Eurozone

Germany versus the Euro

The People Versus Putin

The Press versus Privacy

In the last two years of the study, all participants were switched to placebo.

Fiscal Austerity Versus European Society

The Fed Versus Price Stability

Philosopher Kings Versus Philosopher Presidents

Robin Ince Science versus wonder?

Obama Versus the Islamic State

Obama versus Romney on Jobs

Public Health versus Private Freedom?

The West Versus the Rest?

A4.3.11.14 Mixture versus ingredient information

So we know that our beliefs and expectations can be manipulated, which is why we do trials where we control against a placebo where one half of the people get the real treatment and the other half get placebo.

Alright? Intrinsic motivators versus extrinsic motivators.

Keynes versus the Classics Round Two

The Media Versus the Mentally Ill

National security versus rule of law

Policymakers need to shed received wisdom and forget useless dichotomies such as markets versus government or nation state versus globalization.

When Bush paints the Middle East as a struggle of good versus evil, or terror versus freedom, he abandons politics.

On the surface, the fight appears to represent two different visions of modern Turkey, secular versus religious, democratic versus authoritarian.

NEW YORK There are many recurring debates in American foreign policy for example, isolationism versus internationalism, and unilateralism versus multilateralism.