The idea of the Labor Theory of value fits perfectly with a world of cyclical futility.
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Ever since Ronald Reagan legitimized the efficacy of tax cuts, Democrats have sought to discredit his idea and restore the New Deal theory of a Keynesian multiplier, which dates to 1931.
Would companies ever be receptive to the idea of embedding journalists in their organizations to test the theory of transparency and therefore influence change?
Pick away at this idea of natural equality, however, and the moral limits of economic theory begin to emerge.
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This idea is at the heart of his theory of special relativity, on which much of our modern technology and scientific understanding is based.
Conservative finance spokesman Gavin Brown said that in theory, the idea of an independent expert group scrutinising decisions made by the Scottish government was a good one.
At the same time, politicians promoted the idea of individualism and meritocracy, the theory that one's station in life was best changed by hard work and dedication.
In theory, the idea of a single Facebook page with aggregated job postings struck me as a great concept: a one-stop shop where users can check on friends and job opportunities at the same time.
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For instance, balance is great in theory, but the idea of carving pieces of our lives into equal portions is unrealistic.
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Leftist financier George Soros has recently promulgated the idea that free market economic theory, that of Friederich Hayek in particular, suffers from a deep and profound contradiction.
The very idea of cultural rights (by definition, group rights) represents a radicalization of liberal social theory and moves significantly beyond the ideas of tolerance and recognition.
But his new data add weight to the theory that the more sophisticated idea of fair shares, which underpins collaborative behaviour, appeared in the hominid line only after the ancestors of the two species split from one another.
Now Lanza is advancing what he says is a new theory of the universe, an idea to which he says he has devoted his entire life.
The whole theory of judicial review is based on the idea that the law is out there, a fixed structure to be interpreted by judges.
The company, currently comprising eight employees, has spent a lot of time thinking and planning in order to take this idea from theory to reality.
In the Anglo-Saxon world Lamarck's name, if it is known at all, is associated with a theory long since discredited - the idea known as the inheritance of acquired characteristics - the idea that traits or attributes acquired or learned in the space of your life time will somehow be inherited by your children at birth.
As often happens when an idea becomes fashionable, there has been some argument about who first thought of game theory.
Currently, the most accepted theory regarding the cause of post-polio syndrome rests on the idea of degenerating nerve cells.
He promoted the idea that the rightness or wrongness of an action depended on its consequences, an ethical theory known as utilitarianism.
He hinted that police have some idea of what happened to Hall that night but are seeking forensic evidence to support their theory.
This idea, simple in theory, takes quite a bit to deploy across the business infrastructures of many organizations, but the benefits are well received by many millions since its inception.
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It is an idea that could in theory appeal to environmentalists, and it would demonstrate that Romney's criticisms of Solyndra aren't just political posturing.
The theory of the permanent campaign is an attempt to explain the politics of the world through one idea that more or less applies everywhere.
Dr Hill had predicted this outcome, thanks to error-management theory the idea that when people (or, indeed, other animals) make errors of judgment, they tend to make the error that is least costly.
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