Mr Robinson sounded a cautious note over what Mr Blair had set out. "We have to make an assessment of whether [this] is being oversold to us," he said.
At some point other poor countries may start demanding similar terms.Rich countries may also have oversold what they intend to do.
It does bear emphasising, however, that the simplicity of a VAT can be oversold.
(Mark Thoma) The economics of census data (Worthwhile Canadian Initiative) A marriage made in heaven or hell: Monetary and financial stability (IMF Direct) Is China's market oversold, or overbought?
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Why do you think charter schools have not lived up to their promise?Ms Ravitch: Charter schools have been oversold as panaceas.
There is already a backlash against genomics, which has been oversold to consumers as a deterministic science.
Tellingly, while executives at other financial firms piled into their own shares in August, believing them oversold, there was scant buying among investment bankers.The key now will be to reassure markets that the exotic assets on bank balance sheets are worth something.
Sayonara Low Fidelity Shooting the messenger Oversold ReprintsUnlike Vanguard or an ETF provider, Fidelity is not shy about marketing and will therefore ensure that its new, low prices cannot be ignored.
Sayonara Low Fidelity Shooting the messenger Oversold ReprintsDouglas Peterson, who took over Citigroup's Japanese arm in May, will now have to overhaul the bank's local practices and rebuild its reputation.
On balance, it now seems that most of the firms that applied it became more efficient; but it is also clear that it was hopelessly oversold, and that it is much more use to some types of firm, or business people doing some types of thing, than it is to others.
