Life has taught me that there are few problems in life that cannot be solved through the application of meringue.
Prescription-drug abuse is a terrible problem in the United States, but one that can never be solved through the fiat of a single governor.
"It must be opportunistic in the best sense of the word, living by accommodation and good sense.'' Keynes believed that the problems of capitalism — boom-and-bust cycles, trade wars, poverty, inequality — were technical and could be solved through the application of higher intellects, like his own.
Because of society's belief "that all problems can be solved through the application of scientific knowledge and sustained effort to whatever serves as an obstacle to the realisation of human desires", people feel an overwhelming need to act, even in situations that they know to be beyond the influence of human agency.
During the tumultuous late-1960s, Chief Justice Earl Warren declared that most of the country's problems could be solved through the political process if everyone "has the opportunity to participate on equal terms with everyone else and can share in electing representatives who will be representative of the entire community and not of some special interest".
Indeed, in modern societies where hierarchical relations are being reconfigured in both the public and private spheres, these coordination problems can no longer be solved through the creation of major metropolitan institutions that merge municipalities, share resources, and generate economies of scale in the delivery of basic public services.
