The tone of pop music has lately shifted toward self-actualization, and the art that captured our imaginations in 2014 showed people doing what they want, defining themselves how they want, and breaking free of societal rigidity.
Haines wrote: "He is not a Marxist but he has some of the Marxist rigidity of thinking.
A court order that requires a strict equality in arrangements for daily family life forces a rigidity that is sure to break.
That would be nasty in and of itself, given what we have learned about wage rigidity over the course of this business cycle.
In the end, Mr de Jager's menaces count for much less than Mr Schäuble's; if Greece is to be cut loose the decision will be taken in Berlin, not The Hague.The FT's Quentin Peel recently recently had an interesting piece on the reasons for Germany's rigidity:Postwar Germany is both profoundly provincial and committed to Europe.
If Mrs Merkel wants to save the euro, therefore, she must challenge her country's economic establishment, and explain to voters why the revered Bundesbank's rigidity is wrong.Drowning the euro in dogmaGerman orthodoxy ignores the possibility that rising bond yields are being driven by a self-fulfilling panic in financial markets.
That leaves two years in the middle".This once again contributes to partisan rigidity.
And it has the greatest concentration of creative talent, most of it foreign, thanks to the stifling rigidity of the French educational system.
If parties are going to centralise those things they care about most, regardless of whether there is a consensus, it does not bode well for American federalism.Party gamesThe party system is an even more egregious example of ideology fostering centralisation and rigidity.
A current scandal is the Blockseminar an ingenious system whereby an academic turns up briefly at the university and delivers an entire term's teaching in the space of a weekend, before returning to the unhurried pursuit of private knowledge.Similar stories come from Spain and Italy, where universities are plagued by rigidity and corruption.
Neither plastic, though, is suitable for fabricating replacement parts for a lawnmower, a child's bicycle or a vintage car, in which mechanical strength and rigidity are crucial.
