Paradoxically, some of the strongest opposition has come from Germany, usually a cheerleader for any measure that promotes economic rigor.
At the Socialist Party's recent annual congress in Toulouse, there were complaints that economic rigor had gone too far, and that the government should renege on its promises to European allies and the markets to get the budget deficit this year to 3 percent of gross domestic product.
"We need to focus on three pillars: fiscal rigor, economic growth and social fairness," Mr. Monti said.
The United Kingdom now seems certain to hold, by 2016, a referendum on remaining in the EU, and a far-left party -- determined, as in Greece, to escape the rigors of economic reform -- could win Spain's general election next autumn.
Appropriate use of economic theories may uphold analytical rigor, lessen complexity, and formulate simple but effective lines of argument.
Appended quarterly to the long-running monthly survey of 500 households that produces the Index of Consumer Sentiment, this instrument inherits the sample design and statistical rigor of that household economic survey.
"Mathematics brought rigor to Economics.
I HAVE been mulling today an aphorism, generally attributed to Kenneth Boulding: "Economics has gotten so rigorous we've all got rigor mortis".As technology and mathematical techniques have evolved, the frontier of economic research has gotten quite technical so technical, in fact, that it has become inaccessible to the untrained.
Power companies point to the rigor and conservatism of their economic modeling in forecasting prices and the value of long-term contracts.
You write that you have applied rigor to your analyses of economic proposals by Democrats and Republicans.
A recommitment to transparent, environmentally informed national accounts could bring additional rigor, and credibility, to China's economic and social policy making.
