THAT last item is the one that reverberates among Americans who are convinced that solutions lie not in changing slogans but in restoring the draft, abandoned three decades ago in the national torment over the Vietnam War.
Monroe, by the way, has done a lot of consulting work for corporations and government agencies around clean energy and sustainability, and he said he's become convinced "the political solutions and activist solutions are not going to be nearly enough" to address the issue — instead, he said it's "a massive collective action problem that requires a massive collective action solution".
He is now convinced free market solutions can't work, but is still privatising parts of the Royal Mail and the health service.
But if they appear opaque, I am increasingly convinced that the solution lies in greater transparency.
Unfortunately, while Mr. Paulson may be bullish on the long-term prospects for the United States and the nation's ability to pay back its debts, he is less convinced that a solution will come anytime soon.
Every day, in our own business, we have to make budget decisions on new software which can ultimately hold up the purchase by months; whereas if we were able to start using the product immediately we'd quickly hit a usage threshold, and we'd be more convinced about the solution at the point of purchase (no more buyers remorse).
After a month in Congress, I am still convinced that common sense solutions can make the American Dream more accessible for everyone.
In later weeks and months, she became more and more convinced that her surgical solution made her a sort of impostor.
But a lot of questions remain, and not everyone is convinced cryptomining is the solution for declining ad revenue.
But there is hope in some quarters of Wall Street that with each new crisis, and each last-minute fix, the risks to the markets grow less severe as investors become convinced that politicians eventually find solutions to their disagreements.
But they do so convinced that broader and deeper solutions are essential if the hope that all see as vital to realizing both individual and national potential is to be achieved.
