This isn't meant to eulogize bureaucracy or to imply that every company has achieved the right mix of rules and freedom.

WSJ: The Unsung Beauty of Bureaucracy

If this is right, what does it imply?

WSJ: Brussels Beat: Parallels With 1920s Raise Worries Over Extremism

The phrase "lame duck" may imply ineffectiveness, but it's really not right to think of a post-election Congress as weak.

NPR: Lawmakers Have Full Plate for Lame-Duck Session

Of course, just because a planet is the right distance from its star does not imply that it will host life.

ECONOMIST: Extra-terrestrial life

These CDS prices imply that big UK banks are deriving almost no benefit right now from the implicit protection they receive from taxpayers.

BBC: Investors love the UK but not its banks