The Inexorable Logic of the Sharing Economy

And we see this in the inexorable march towards standardization.

The course of history pivots around such inflection points, and democracy's inexorable march is accelerated or delayed.

So, if you have a ham butt problem, and you're thinking about the ham butt problem, the conclusion that it leads you to is inexorable and counterintuitive paper is the enemy of words.

But meanwhile, as you know, wonderful protagonists like Al Gore are noting the inexorable rise in temperature, set in the context of that, interestingly, those buildings which are celebratory and very, very relevant to this place.

and the thunder glorifies Him with His praise and the angels do so too in awe of Him, and He sends His thunderbolts to strike anyone He pleases, yet they dispute about God, who is inexorable in His power.

and the thunder glorifies Him with His praise and the angels do so too in awe of Him, and He sends His thunderbolts to strike anyone He pleases, yet they dispute about God, who is inexorable in His power.

The extremes of inequality observed in some countries are not the inexorable result of economic forces and laws. The right policies stronger social safety nets, progressive taxation, and better regulation (especially of the financial sector), to name a few can reverse these devastating trends.

The Industrial Revolution occurred relatively slowly, like long waves in the ocean though it began in the 1780s, its impact was not really felt until the 1830s and 1840s. The current technological revolution, by contrast, hits economies like a tsunami, with little warning and inexorable force.

Will the inexorable rise in medical costs around the world someday pose a major challenge to contemporary capitalism? I submit that in the not so distant future, moral, social, and political support for capitalism will be severely tested as would be egalitarian health systems face ever rising costs.

Efforts by radicals to recruit and indoctrinate young European Muslims do not reflect the inexorable rise of Islamist or even Islamic influence in Europe. Rather, they highlight the radicals desperation to influence a region where the overwhelming majority of Muslims aspire to integrate into, rather than challenge, the established order.

Fear of the disease s seemingly inexorable spread hampered trade, business activity, and travel in the affected countries. In December, the World Bank downgraded its growth estimates for the formerly fast growing economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, which are now expected to lose 1.6 billion in income in 2015.

Shocked by the attacks of September 11, the US forced a new framework onto its still unquestioned belief in the inexorable movement of history toward freedom. Unfortunately, what emerged was a deeply flawed approach, not least because in declaring a war on terror, America positioned itself against a tactic, not an entity or an ideology.

The Dalai Lama s message of peace, love, and reconciliation has found adherents among Hollywood movie stars, pony tailed hippies, Irish rock musicians, and Indian politicians. But he has made no headway at all with the regime that rules his homeland, and he has been unable to prevent Tibet s inexorable transformation into a Chinese province.

It is up to the rest of the Muslim world to provide alternatives to the modern idea, championed by Saudi Wahhabis and other arch conservatives, that Mecca is the inexorable and inevitable center of the Muslim world. There is nothing stopping Muslim governments from taking a page out of the Saudi handbook and promoting the neglected shrines in their own territories.

Similarly, at least in terms of economic, if not military, capability, the United States and Japan seem to have begun a process of decline relative to China. Of course, this process is not irreversible Effective political leadership and successful domestic reforms in the US and Japan, together with China s failure to manage political pressure from below, could yet halt this seemingly inexorable power shift.