That's not even to mention other economic tricks the industry excels in, such as putting off decommissioning and waste disposal costs into a far distant future and hiving off its disaster and insurance liabilities by, er … basically, ignoring them.
This is sensible, because the biggest risk of short-form theatre is that it can feel like an economic con trick, with theatres not always following airline practice of charging less for shorter distances.
Unlike the fleeing Tunisians – most of whom are economic migrants tricked by unscrupulous traffickers into thinking that Europe will welcome them – the east Africans from Libya bring some harrowing stories of a conflict that has unleashed a maelstrom of prejudice and violence against sub-Saharans across the country.
When looking for a job, especially in these tougher economic times, the trick is to cast as wide a net as possible.
In the majority of situations, basic economic principles do the trick, or even more daunting, advice is tantamount to the detection of mistakes in economic reasoning.
But others said Americans had been acting on a blind faith, one that is slowly eroding in a manner that has tricked the economic barometers.
Maybe some economic problems require the same trick.
She can only hope that her return to economic orthodoxy will do the trick.
The problem the Conservatives face in repeating the trick is that economic winners will be thin on the ground over the next few years.
Demos points to well-regarded rebranding campaigns by the governments of Spain, Ireland, Australia and Chile though, again, it fails to show that it was the image-making, rather than, say, economic reforms that did the trick.
