paradox

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This may seem like a paradox at first blush.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Few studies illustrate that paradox more crisply than the latest State of Working India report by Azim Premji University.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The result is a kind of economic paradox: Households are liquid, but reluctant.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

With so many stations closed or short on gas, it felt like the Mad Hatter’s tea party paradox: “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

That paradox developed because human population densities rose slightly more steeply than did the availability of food.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond