Adjective : a self-correcting mechanism. From Dictionary.com.
But it is self-correcting, which is why the rails lead so steadily upward and onward. From Wordnik.com. [Creative Capitalism] Reference
The point is the system, which is self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2004] Reference
Market changes, though, tend to be self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [The Market Twitches] Reference
Yet Cameron and Osborne are self-correcting machines. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to have faith in Cameron and Osborne] Reference
A really well-designed game is "balanced" and self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [The Game of Politics Is Ready for Its Upgrade] Reference
Put your faith in the "self-correcting" nature of the markets?. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Jong: How to Destroy the USA] Reference
Patterns of discrimination and inequality are not self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA] Reference
If there are problems, they argue, they should be self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. presses for fewer Western Europeans on the IMF board] Reference
Governments have to recognize that markets are not self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Gardels: My Interview with George Soros: End of Financial Crisis Could Be in Sight] Reference
And, again like a game, if it's well-designed, it's self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [The Game of Politics Is Ready for Its Upgrade] Reference
When bubbles burst on Wall Street, there's a self-correcting mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [Leading the Way] Reference
Dan Rather is a person who seems completely incapable of self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2004] Reference
Market Forces relies on the self-correcting logic of competitive markets. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ Where Are We Headed] Reference
I guess that's sort of a slow-boat self-correcting mechanism, if you will. From Wordnik.com. [Cable Neuhaus: Could Bloggers Have Spared Newsweek the Embarrassment?] Reference
However, the great thing about the free press is that it's self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [Caroline Presno: Is Palin Afraid to Talk to the Press?] Reference
So I think you have, in effect, a self-correcting mechanism if problems develop. From Wordnik.com. [Health Care Briefing] Reference
Other than that, the spin of the pro-sport universe has a way of self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [John Ridley: Your Government at Work: Saving us from the Perils of Spygate] Reference
And what has ended up happening is you say the system works, it has self-correcting …. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of the Tape: The Transcript] Reference
One interpretation of this dynamic: Wall Street is an efficient self-correcting machine. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Paid to Clean Up Your Own Mess] Reference
It turns out that the neo-liberal model that says capitalism is self-correcting is wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Gardels: My Talk With Bob Reich: Only Democrats Can Save Globalization from Republican-Generated Backlash] Reference
Will such self-correcting mechanisms provide adjustments of sufficient rapidity and scale?. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ Where Are We Headed] Reference
Then again, climate has self-correcting feedback mechanisms, so it can't change, regardless. From Wordnik.com. [Carl Pope: Apple Fools' Day] Reference
For instance, the view that markets are self-correcting was a very dominant view before the crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Joseph Stiglitz] Reference
Atoms in a bar of magnetic iron have a remarkable way of self-correcting when some get out of line. From Wordnik.com. [Going With The Flow] Reference
And a classic illustration of why you need government regulation, why markets are not self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2008] Reference
American constitution contained hidden within it a secret self-correcting mechanism called the ballot. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins: Well Done, America] Reference
“Which I call a self-correcting problem when they succeed, not to mention a triumph for the gene pool.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Fine and Bitter Snow]
But in the insanely speedy news cycle of today, the self-correcting mechanism doesn't work nearly fast enough. From Wordnik.com. [Cable Neuhaus: Could Bloggers Have Spared Newsweek the Embarrassment?] Reference
Fortunately for America, we have a strong heritage of self-correcting events that seem to bring us out of crises. From Wordnik.com. [Sheldon Drobny: America Has Been Hijacked] Reference
I've waited years already and my eyes are whacked out with their mostly self-correcting astygmitism. previous - next. From Wordnik.com. [roland Diary Entry] Reference
He said that the belief that markets were self-correcting, efficient, and no need for government was completely wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Clemons: 7 Minutes With Joseph Stiglitz: Hopes Geithner and Summers Learn From Serious Errors] Reference
MACK: That means America is actually self-correcting because we've had a history of excessive consumption for far too long. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2009] Reference
One of the great advantages of the iPhone (that nobody ever seems to mention) is that the virtual keyboard is self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [HTC Killed The Physical Keyboard. Smart Move.] Reference
This later problem has utterly shattered -- once again -- the concept of a self-correcting, self-regulating financial system. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Berger: Failure To Assess Responsibility For Crisis Means Bad History, Bad Policy And Bad Politics] Reference
Beginning of the 1980s, we bought into this ideology, and that's what it was, of deregulations, that markets were self-correcting. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Joseph Stiglitz] Reference
Whoever's responsible for the underlying theory, Cassidy says self-correcting markets are a myth, and that we need more regulation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2009] Reference
However, this is a self-correcting situation that is stimulating both economic development and the planting of many more neem trees. From Wordnik.com. [3. India] Reference
William Harbaugh of the University of Oregon started by explaining how current economic systems have self-correcting measures built in. From Wordnik.com. [Day Two of the Mind and Life XX Conference in Zurich] Reference
However, as a movement that is ever self-correcting, we must highlight the weaknesses for purposes of correcting and improving our work. From Wordnik.com. [MID-TERM REPORT AND REVIEW] Reference
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