"I can speak certainly to the policies of the present and the future".
But if the past cannot be undone, the future surely can be shaped by the progressive, creative policies of the present.
Gray sees our faith in progress - "the Prozac of the thinking classes" - as the illusion that underlies the most egregiously mistaken political and social policies of the present day.
President Obama defined Romney in terms that would allow for a favorable contrast, particularly on economic policies, and in the end, the choice became moving forward with the economic policies of the present (Obama's) or going back to the failed economic policies of the past (Romney's/Bush's).
Mr. Romney and his running mate, Mr. Ryan, did offer a vision of sorts for replacing what they called failed policies of the present, but they declined to give the kind of details that would help voters evaluate what it would mean for them.
We are speaking out now because we cannot afford to elect another President who will continue the aggressive, interventionist policies of the present.
After Obama's 2012 reelection, according to Winston's polling, 53percentt of voters said "policies of the past" were causing the nation's economic problems, while 44percentt blamed policies "of the present".
We conclude the paper with academic and policy implications of the present work that highlight the complexity of factors that underlie the creation of local firms in high technology industries.
