If the world has really entered a "new normal" of low productivity growth, as Robert Gordon and others have argued, pushing managerial capital up a level could be the best route out of the performance doldrums.
But paying for that would drain Treasury's coffers, Mnuchin argued, pushing up the deadline to extend the debt ceiling.
Humanity's impact on the Earth's atmosphere, oceans and wildlife has, they argued, pushed the world into this new epoch.
The declaration, they argue, pushed China more toward the American position that the North Korean government of Kim Jong Il must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons.
These flows, they argue, pushed the oil price up and away from its fundamental level.
Similarly, if you view negotiations as a battle and dig in your heels, fight, argue, push, go around HR's back to a sympathetic manager and disparage their abilities or intelligence, the likelihood is that they may pull the offer.
The additional unpaid hours, they argue, pushed their real wages below the legal minimum.
Psychedelic drugs, Markoff argues, pushed the computer and Internet revolutions forward by showing folks that reality can be profoundly altered through unconventional, highly intuitive thinking.
This disconfirmation bias can even metastasize into a "boomerang" or "backfire" effect, wherein the mental process of counter-arguing pushes the individual even farther into his or her prior beliefs, so strong is the process of rejection.
NYU leaders said the move will help address the increasing problem of student debt among young doctors, which many educators argue pushes students to enter higher-paying specialties instead of primary care, or deters them from becoming doctors in the first place.
