They can feature supernatural elements such as ghosts, witches, or vampires, or they can address more realistic psychological fears.
The sad, and I fear more realistic version (and Bernanke got this right too in his 2005 paper that introduced the "savings glut" concept), is our rates are already crazy low and thus these flows lead to overinvestment, in dot.com junk, fiber optics, houses, oil rigs, and whatever else looks like the next big thing (the flows also push up the value of the dollar, which worsens the trade deficit).
This is all highly intelligent stuff and frankly more realistic than I first feared when Professor Webb first mooted 'defined ambition' over a year ago.
Each empty word I put to paper is another nail in the coffin of my self-image, more proof that my doubts and fears are more realistic than my hopes and dreams.
Parents had to rush to find someone to watch younger students, and coped with fears about terrorism that seemed a lot more realistic since the attack in San Bernardino.
A more realistic explanation for why the lawmakers oppose the U.A.W.'s foray into their state is that they fear it will support the state's Democratic party.
Others are more realistic.
"This is more realistic".
Prokhorov was more realistic.
