the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment holds a hearing on the history of a consensus and causes of inaction related to climate change on Tuesday.
Economists Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz, in the classic study A Monetary History of the United States, 1867 1960 (1963), argued that the death in 1928 of Benjamin Strong, who had been the governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 1914, was a significant cause of this inaction.
This means forcing Republicans to actually take to the floor and spend day and night on the filibuster, clearly exposing GOP obstructionism---rather than the Democrats' betrayal---as the cause of legislative inaction.
What are the main causes of political inaction?
Rather than being cause for inaction, uncertainty is a reason to act all the sooner.
This, however, should not be a cause for inaction.
In countless speeches, members told stories of people killed by guns and said they felt compelled to cause "trouble" after years of inaction, particularly after the recent massacre of 49 people and wounding of 53 at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
Furthermore, Hodalj cited inadequate leadership by the Sisak OG as a cause of the failure, pointing to inaction in respect of the 10th Brigade's failure to advance and improper employment of the 2nd Guards Brigade in an auxiliary role, protecting the flank of an inexperienced brigade that was committed to the offensive with little, if any, training.
Hammond was extremely clear on the costs of inaction: Many of the losses caused by climate change could be irreversible, regardless of our resources.
Peter R. Orszag, Obama's former budget director, predicted in a speech last week that the impasse may soon cause bond market fluctuations that demonstrate the real cost of inaction.
