The magic of the Paulson plan is that it creates the illusion that the mortgages have some value.
Falling prices in this one component creates the illusion of falling or lower prices everywhere.
Understated inflation used in estimating inflation-adjusted growth has created the illusion of recovery in reported GDP.
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This recent nugget of polling knowledge from Gallup.com just shattered an illusion of mine.
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The initial descent down the Leap of Faith creates an illusion of falling down a building.
But 20 clicks after lunch on a bike at least imparts the illusion of cardio-repair.
When, however, he prodded the chest and the air at different times, that illusion immediately dissolved.
May stressed the new "effect" was not a hologram, calling it "an optical illusion of sorts".
The illusion of control clouds our thinking and leads us to make poor or irrational choices.
But it's an illusion to think that just providing treatment will stop this epidemic.
Silence -- even when it's welcome -- is ultimately a fickle and fleeting illusion.
Kaminsky's revelation meant that the trust users place in their browsers was an illusion.
The illusion that creators are wholly original in their creations is just that, an illusion.
The reality is it is merely an illusion and successes are more random luck than skill.
All studios are designed with the same furniture and decoration, to aid the illusion.
These private agreements enable the money management industry to maintain the illusion of respectability it enjoys.
We truly live under the illusion of order believing that planning and forecasting are possible.
If hocus-pocus is the order of the day, the American dream may become an illusion.
Mr. Obama also keeps peddling the illusion that the entire crisis was caused by the bankers.
Dr Ehrsson believes that the invention of this illusion is an important step in understanding consciousness.
Please know: I'm under no illusion that Tim Tebow is a better quarterback than Peyton Manning.
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But be under no illusion: it's the policy the previous administration tried too, with zero results.
For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant.
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In reality, debt-ceiling votes merely perpetuate the illusion that balancing the budget is easy.
No one should be under the illusion that their "bosses" are generously picking up the tab.
They were under no illusion about the amount of hard work that had to be done.
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These countries have an accelerating inflation problem that is presenting an illusion of economic strength.
The Illusion of Modern Money by Bill Bonner originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning.
But as is always the case with inflation, reality caught up with the illusion.
Mr. MOONEY: Yeah, keep it real, because we don't want to get into this illusion.
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