The American people are not absolutist, and they don't elect us to impose a rigid ideology on our problems.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama: Our Security, Our Values

Though the financial markets have recently taken a slightly more relaxed view of Argentina's problems, under the country's rigid currency-board scheme any firm recovery from its current lengthy recession depends on inflows of money from abroad.

ECONOMIST: Argentina

Many of the problems of the public services arise because of rigid employment practices.

ECONOMIST: Labour and the unions