Part of their proposed solution involves tougher rules on earnings-stripping for all U.S. subsidiaries, not just those of inverted companies.

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One solution is to set fiscal rules, but it has been discredited of late.

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The obvious solution is to strip the rules of references to ratings where possible, so that the market, rather than a government mandate, determines the extent of their use.

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The other solution is to elect to have your LLC taxed as an S corp, which is allowed under the IRS' "check the box" rules, although that solution can create its own complications.

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Net neutrality rules are not only a solution in search of a problem, they are a solution in search of the wrong problem.

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Some say a solution is to suspend the mark-to-market accounting rules that have caused the cascade of write-downs in the first place.

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The EU assembly had earlier said the U.S. request was against EU privacy rules and asked the EU executive to find a solution by year-end.

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The solution, the regulators believe, is to press bravely ahead and impose fair-value rules for all financial instruments.

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One solution would be to import doctors from other countries, but a combination of tight licensing rules and a limited number of residency slots holds down their numbers.

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In a nutshell, the problems were efficiency and scale, and the solution was bureaucracy, with its hierarchical structure, cascading goals, precise role definitions, and elaborate rules and procedures.

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