Bucking Conventional Wisdom: Russia's Unilateral 'Suspension' of the CFE Treaty

Challenging conventional wisdom.

Testing Conventional Wisdom

In my recent article, ‘Do Human Rights Treaties Make a Difference?’, I presented evidence and arguments that called into doubt two widely shared assumptions: (1) that countries generally comply with their human rights treaty commitments and (2) that countries’ practices will be better if they have ratified treaties than they otherwise would be. In response, Professors Ryan Goodman and Derek Jin...

Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Manager Selection

Since 1997, Gresham has been managing assets for families, family offices and endowments whose goals include both the growth of their capital over market cycles and the preservation of that capital during severe market events. In our earlier white paper, titled Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Portfolio Construction,1 we described our Risk Conscious® investment approach and the benefits a...

Advancing in the face of conventional wisdom.

In recent issues of Drug Discovery Today [1,2], Jurgen Drews and David Cavalla discussed the future productivity of drug discovery. Although they made many insightful and valid comments, I would like to add some points to the overall discussion. My first point is that most small biotechnology companies are not funded enough to enter a Phase III clinical study. Often, it is not even in their bus...

Challenging conventional and unconventional wisdom.

Cardiologists, epidemiologists, and molecular scientists at the 48th Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in New Orleans, La, ventured into new territory, questioning the accepted treatments for various populations of patients and promising ones that have been widely heralded as the next generation in heart disease therapy. Leading the challengers was David E. Wennber...