Sentences with phrase «belief in efficiency»

One wonders whether our institutional memory still recalls the impulses that gave rise to our constitution — or whether we have substituted a belief in efficiency, economic rationalization and profit maximization for our traditional pursuit of a finely calibrated balance between individual liberties and social justice.

Not exact matches

«Notions of market efficiency - the idea that most assets are priced «right» - are based on belief in investor rationality and objectivity.

With the increased trust of consumers in building societies and credit unions after the banking collapse, it seems there is a public appetite for the co-operative alternative and a belief that it is possible to combine social justice and economic efficiency within the firm.

But Mandelson's views have been changed in part by the banking crisis; he has argued that the crisis represented a «warning against an ideological belief in markets» efficiency, and a reminder that they can be distorted by perverse incentives».

The great thing about this company is their strong belief that the only reason for their clients to invest in their learning solutions is to measurably add value to their business performance including greater productivity, lower overheads, and greater efficiency; and that knowledge workers need to be smart on the job, not just smart during training.

Given the widespread belief in market efficiency it's always refreshing to see academically oriented writing reflect the fact that mispricing does occur in equity markets.

The thing with the technical analysis is that you can believe in it or not but your belief can not question the efficiency.

I also extend this belief to include any information that can be gleaned from pouring over charts of various companies and industries The only possible exception to my belief in market efficiency is «insider information» that has not been publicly released (although I believe most of this information is reflected in current stock market prices too).

TAM invests in GCs and ITCs where there is a belief that a wide discrepancy exists between the value efficiency price and the lower process efficiency price.

The belief in instantaneous efficiency, and that the prices in the OPMI market reflect economic reality better than anywhere else pervades many areas of American life, including law and sociology as well as finance.

It offers some grounds for belief in micro efficiency.

A belief in market efficiency is a belief that the stock market takes into consideration all known factors that bear on price -LSB-...]

Owen takes Amory Lovins to task for Lovins» uncritical belief in the power of efficiency improvements to lower energy consumption.

Often justified largely on the basis of junk science they have come up with such wonderful policy prescriptions as using only unreliable sources of energy because they are «sustainable,» keeping natural resources in the ground rather than using them to meet human needs, having government tell manufacturers what requirements their products must meet to use less energy rather than encouraging manufacturers to meet the needs of their customers, all in the name of «energy efficiency,» substituting government dictates for market solutions on any issue related to energy use, and teaching school children junk science that happens to meet «environmentalists» ideological beliefs in hopes of perpetuating these beliefs to future generations even though they do not conform to the scientific method, the basis of science.

Or is it all meant to scare us into belief, and in the real world ~ 0.9 C temp rise over past 150 years, combined with technology and innovation provided by fossil fuel energy efficiency, is not such a catastrophic thing?

She said that people all around her are always trying to get her to use email or computers for efficiency and speed, but she remains steadfast in her belief that faster and more communication is not necessarily better.