Next the model may be put on the path to disaster by postulating either (1) some disturbance causing a shift of demand away from commodities and into money or (2) a reduction in the money supply.
And more broadly, relying on the magic of the market to keep banks safe has always been a path to disaster.
In other words, in a far wealthier country, another set of leaders, having watched the Soviet Union implode, decisively embarked on the Soviet path to disaster.
Since you will be able to jump from item to item with the greatest of ease from your cozy seat, not having a list risks leading you down the path of credit card disaster.
This is how we have been led down too many primrose paths to disaster: the Bay of Pigs, the POW rescue in North Vietnam, the desert mission to rescue the Iranian hostages, our dogged support of failed regimes, our brief landing in Lebanon and precipitate withdrawal, etc., etc.
"It really puts New Jersey on the right path," said Dr. Stuart Weiss, director of disaster planning for St . Barnabas Health Care System which has bought 10 decontamination trailers.
Since the time humans have built civilizations in the paths of natural disasters, they have been obsessed with measuring them, cleaning up after them, and predicting them.
León told me he knew that he was running a precarious initiative, "with only one chance of success, compared with many paths to disaster".
Beyond the science, Norcross firmly believes that communications must be better addressed to help people understand and react appropriately whether or not they might be in the path of a major natural disaster - hurricane or other.
Still, absent another big terrorist attack or some other foreign-policy disaster, the path of the economy will be what matters most.
