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The Politics of Economic Stupidity

In a hypersensitive reality, stupidity equals malice.

There are means to fight against what might be called today s growing democratic stupidity.

But to endanger this process here and now, in full awareness of the possible costs, is an act of very costly stupidity on the part of the Europeans and stupidity is the worst sin in politics.

Sometimes people are so stupid and their stupidity makes them act in a very rude way.

Meena Mohy, who was also there, adds (Ar) I'm sensing a lot of stupidity right now.

Has Israel lost the remainder of its wisdom? Are we witnessing a classic case of sheer political stupidity?

But I am afraid that something more than stupidity (though less than plain evil) is at work here.

Our long and bitter experience of war comes through human error, stupidity and a mutual lack of understanding.

The enemy's prime minister was on the television, standing with his customary pomposity and stupidity, announcing a unilateral ceasefire.

لا احد يفهم غزة With uncharacteristic stupidity on the part of the Egyptian regime, the Galloway solidarity convoy was obstructed?!

How many times have you met a woman who voluntarily declares her stupidity and ignorance just to get a man s attention and approval?

It requires a large reserve of imagination, optimism, or plain stupidity to believe that one s fellow human beings will ever live beyond history and ideology.

Now here's a title that may sound familiar, but whose author may surprise you Four and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice.

If so, then here s further proof that only peaceful and stable countries can afford the luxury of incompetent decision makers. In a hypersensitive reality, stupidity equals malice.

The amount of stupidity is to make a race that would close al the roads in such small country ChallengeBahrain Ahmed _BAR_ أحمد ( AhmedBucheery) December 6, 2014

medabdou The military regime in Mauritania insists on proving its stupidity despite being in control, its control of the people is based on a vulgar type of deception

Today the world wrestles with the consequences of America s addiction to borrowing and with the greed and stupidity of many global banks. Drivers grumble at the cost of filling their cars gas tanks.

I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

Moreover, the attempt to do so angered the overwhelming majority of Taiwanese, who finally understood the stupidity of Chen s policy, particularly how it led to economic stagnation at a time when mainland China was booming.

Jay Walker You know, economists love to talk about the stupidity of people who buy lottery tickets. But I suspect you're making the exact same error you're accusing those people of, which is the error of value.

But I am afraid that something more than stupidity (though less than plain evil) is at work here. Israel s current leaders, and a segment of Israeli society, are trapped in an idiosyncratic logic of fear and self centeredness.

I was very relieved when I heard that Rafsanjani was disqualified... Is it funny that they disqualified the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran. They are really stupid and this stupidity makes us happy and hopeful.

Economists who adhere to rational expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories.

Did companies that compensated their traders (and not just their CEOs) more highly take more risk? Was financial institutions assumption of excessive risk the result of incompetence or stupidity, or was it a rational response to the implicit guarantee offered by the government?

After hearing provoking and insulting rap from both Egypt and Algeria attacking each other , Ahmed Mekki Egyptian Algerian Actor director rapper released this song which I believe should have been released earlier as it could help a lot in making both sides wake up from this stupidity.

After the City had been destroyed, Samuel Pepys, looking back on the events, wrote in his diary on 7 September 1666 People do all the world over cry out of the simplicity stupidity of my Lord Mayor in general and more particularly in this business of the fire, laying it all upon him.

Whether we want to see women cover themselves in what liberal Islamic scholar Gamal al Banna told me recently is an archaic representation of a time before Islam is another question, but when France argues the security card, they should be called out for their stupidity. In his article, Joseph Mayton quoted Islamic scholar Gamal al Banna who disagrees with Mona ElTahawy's stance