The phrase "causes and solutions" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used when discussing a problem or issue and its potential resolutions. Here is an example sentence: "The increase in carbon emissions is one of the main causes of climate change, and implementing renewable energy sources is one of the most effective solutions."
Simplicity also leads to reductionist thinking about causes and solutions.
And the predictable left-right argument over causes and solutions doesn't help.
"We need to focus on the root causes and solutions related to debt, not just the figures.
But unlike the cities' troubles, which generated a national debate about causes and solutions, the rural collapse has been largely silent, perhaps because it happened so slowly.
At this point, Samuelson again gave credit to Keynes, for enabling economists to think through the causes and solutions to economic slumps.
I asked Birky whether this kind of selective, individualized approach to representing global poverty tends to obscure more systemic causes and solutions.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 - A comprehensive report on the causes and solutions for childhood obesity in the United States has taken a new approach to the epidemic.
In the trans-Atlantic sniping over the causes and solutions to the credit crunch, Mr. Williams's scolding tone has been echoed by some European politicians.
The debate was just the latest demonstration of the intensity of the election-year fight shaping up over the nation's rising debt and its causes and solutions.
Building on the lessons of evidence-based research and dialogues, international consensus agendas adopted at the 1990s conferences were broad, recognising the multiple causes and solutions needed to end poverty.
The events of Sept. 11 and their aftermath -- terrorism, war, trauma and recovery, the search for causes and solutions -- have become woven into all aspects of national and international life.
