This runs counter to the conventional wisdom of the past few decades, which held that improvements in telecommunications always lead to more physical travel, rather than less.

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In the past few years, Congress, the press and commentators have debated the wisdom of passing more federal criminal laws to deal with financial crime.

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There have been arguments made by a few large advisers about the wisdom of switching to portfolios composed of all-ETF portfolios.

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