In fact, the principal problem facing the two major parties in the congressional elections of 1998 was voter apathy.
Early leaders recognized that the principal problem facing African-Americans was lack of access.
Our undefined, unstable dollar caused the crash of late 2008, and it is the principal problem behind what is unfolding as the slowest economic recovery on record.
Professor Michael Jensen of Harvard Business School (along with Bill Meckling of Rochester) did some formidable research now almost 40 years ago on the agency-principal problem in modern corporate America.
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An interesting example of the workings of the principal agent problem perhaps?
To overcome some of what we call the principal agent problem.
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As time went on though, the principal-agent problem manifested itself in each one.
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One of the worst ideas to come out of academia in the last 50 years is the so-called principal-agent problem.
This creates what economists call a principal-agent problem.
In terms preferred by economists, a situation defined by a principal-agent problem (such as you hiring a doctor or car mechanic who gets to both define your problem and figure out what to charge you for fixing it) was replaced by a much simpler employment relationship: would-be hustlers found themselves being turned into professional, generalist managers.
If negative equity is the real problem, principal will have to be reduced to stem the foreclosures.
More work is needed on the measuring side, but I believe the problem is in principal solvable, once we agree on what is the right thing to measure, namely, inspiring a capability for lifelong learning.
The fact that passengers can use their handsets to find out if they have been picked poses a problem, says Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union.
The problem with smartphones is that their hardware features and looks are the principal factors that people share when they meet.
However, non-greenhouse gas emissions are not a significant problem, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports emissions of the Six Principal Pollutants have declined to less than a third of 1980 emissions levels.
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Sure, there could be a vindictive, terrible principal who unfairly fires good teachers for bad reasons, but the assumption is that a school with that problem will fail in the marketplace due to underqualified teachers and bad morale.
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