There is a widespread belief that prudence is a virtue and that therefore folks doing the prudent and virtuous thing ought to be rewarded.

FORBES: Stiglitz on Inequality and Monetary Policy

The reaction of broad sectors of society to the government's original reform package echoes the widespread aversion to flat-rate taxation seen in EU15, and could therefore be a harbinger of things to come elsewhere in east-central Europe.

ECONOMIST: Will more of eastern Europe adopt flat-rate tax regimes?