destabilizers

Even when people can point to a pivotal moment in their transformative journey, they can often identify, in retrospect, what might be termed "destabilizers" -- a combination of factors that set the stage.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Cassandra Vieten 2011

These automatic destabilizers are the central reason why the U.S. recovery will remain choppy and confusion will continue to plague both businesses and households.

U.S. Economy Trapped by Its Circle of Strife Kelly Evans 2011

Economic science is complex and riddled with lags and unpredictable destabilizers.

John O'Kane: Media Muddle 2009

Ghilarducci points out that traditional pensions and social security are stabilizers while private accounts are destabilizers because there are too many choices and too little understanding on how to make good ones.

Mr. McCain, Social Security is not a Disgrace. Privatization Has Already Proven to be a Destabilizing Force Ellen Beth Gill 2008

They are almost always defined in the extreme, as either legendary producers of superior investment returns, or vultures and potential destabilizers of the financial system.

How To Hedge Your Bets 2007

While we will have phasers, neutrino bombs and particle destabilizers, we will still mostly fight with our fists.

20 Things I Learned From Sci-Fi kludge 2007

While we will have phasers, neutrino bombs and particle destabilizers, we will still mostly fight with our fists.

Archive 2007-08-01 kludge 2007

First, though let me thank and commend President Chavez for being one of the few world leaders with the courage and backbone to respond to the reckless US policy and vicious lies about him and all else by pointing his finger at the real king of destabilizers and state terrorists.

War Making 101-- A User's Manual 2006

The only problem with that is these incredibly powerful destabilizers have never been heard from again.

Firedoglake » All in the Family 2006

Now, to follow up on what Alice just said, there are some who say, well, look, if you force the automatic stabilizers to be automatic destabilizers -- because that's what a balanced budget amendment does, it doesn't just turn off the automatic stabilizers, it forces fiscal policy to be actively destabilizing, to do the wrong thing at the wrong moment in the business cycle.

Press Briefing On Balanced Budget Amendment ITY National Archives 1995