In the long run, argue PPP fans, currencies should move towards the rate which equalises the prices of an identical basket of goods in each country.
But in the long run, argue the enthusiasts, the online downloading of digital music, which the big record labels have until recently regarded as a menace rather than a means of salvation, could breathe new life into music sales.
In the long run, argues Jan Techau of the German Council on Foreign Relations, the Kunduz affair may even help the country to come to terms with its military obligations.
But in the long run, argues Michael Grubb of Cambridge University, countries need independent agencies to issue the permits, just as there are independent central banks to issue money.And if governments refuse?
Wider access to early education could help to narrow this gap.More public investment in child care could even save the taxpayer money in the long run, argues Giselle Cory of IPPR, a think-tank.
Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Stocks for the Long Run," argued that yesterday's move was healthy because it took some of the speculative fever out of Nasdaq stocks.
And these troops have rarely been at the centre of the action: in Afghanistan, they stay in the relatively calm north; in Lebanon, they patrol at sea, not on land.More important in the long run, argues Mr Zürn, is the degree to which foreign-policy questions play a role in Germany's public debates.
Despite the hyperbole, most regulation has aided the profitability of the financial sector in the long run, argues Edwin J. Perkins, emeritus professor in history at the University of Southern California.
Critics also maintain that trade liberalization holds no guarantee that everyone will benefit, even in the long run, arguing that in reality it is the poorest and vulnerable members of society who suffer most from the market disruptions arising from the reform process.
While economists generally agree that narrowing the government's deficit and limiting the size of the debt are necessary in the long run, most argue that balancing the budget would not restore the nation's still-weak economy to health in the near term.
The government is reluctant to shut down unlicensed mills for fear of putting tens of thousands of labourers out of work, and denting Indonesia's exports of paper, plywood and the like, which bring in $4 billion a year.In the long run, economists argue, the government should concentrate on adding value, rather than volume, to its timber exports.
