Dr Lomborg argues that such losses, seen in a long-term perspective, do not matter much.
Taking a longer term perspective shows that manufacturing employment has been unchanged since April.
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It might not even be good news for the US, from a long-term perspective.
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But if you are the decision-maker, or can influence the decision, remember to take a longer-term perspective.
Another semiconductor chip company that looks quite positive from an intermediate-term perspective is Semtech Corporation ( SMTC).
"It's fairly common for anyone from your basic thieves to corporate executives to have a short-term perspective, " Fahy said.
But they're also able to take a long-term perspective and check their impulses.
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Jet engines and energy infrastructure did not flex their muscles this quarter, but both make sense from a long-term perspective.
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From a longer-term perspective, the equity has more than tripled since mid-2009, ushered higher atop its 10-month and 20-month moving averages.
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We feel that these investors share our vision and our long-term perspective, and will remain firmly committed through the entire run.
Seth Setrakian, co-head of U.S. equities at First New York Securities, offers a slightly different take from a more short-term perspective.
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DeSantis: From a long-term perspective, banks are very hard to figure out.
Which brings us to the present and back to the short-term perspective.
From a longer-term perspective, the equity is poised to close above its 10-month moving average for the first time since July 2008.
And with the majority of the global markets closed tomorrow, the market may be in a rather vulnerable position from a short-term perspective.
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If we look from long term perspective, we feel that revenues from local TV stations and CBS radio will not experience substantial growth.
We should adopt a long-term perspective, seek common ground while resolving differences, and work together to achieve sustained, sound, and steady development of our relations.
Besides, they often have a longer term perspective because they have mountains in front of them, but they know those mountains will be there tomorrow.
Traditional investors will need a strong nerve and a long-term perspective.
On the other hand, private-equity firms, with their long-term perspective, have no obvious claim on the short-term trading skills needed to succeed in the hedge-fund business.
Which from a long-term perspective would be seen as a very good thing - if we want to minimise costs for taxpayers from future banking crises.
The above factors have little to do with the short-term market gyrations, but it is certainly worth pondering for those with an intermediate- and longer-term perspective.
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The two sides have "some differences" but said they have "enormous shared interests" and should "handle this relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective, " Xi said.
And yet, his long-term perspective provided a strong moral framework, a context to judge how dark a stain was compared to the one he sought to erase.
The Davises, 57, have a strong incentive to run their company the way they do: They have a much longer term perspective than the typical corporate manager.
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After having sprinted higher in a rather impressive fashion over the past eight days, there is little doubt that the market had become extended from a short-term perspective.
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"The private sector run in a principled way based on strong values and with a long-term perspective is a fundamental force for positive development in society, " he said.
The platform represents the collective engagement of local government structures and efforts of the citizens of the city to develop preventive disaster mitigation measures from a long-term perspective.
"Investors in the oil and gas sector are used to taking risk and companies take a long-term perspective, " says energy economist, Carole Nakhle from the UK's Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC).
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