Critics have also argued that, as the Austrian business cycle theory points to the actions of fractional-reserve banks and central banks to explain the business cycles, it fails to explain the severity of business cycles before the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913.

Critics of the government say that the $ 500 million credit from Russia should have gone to develop industry, instead of going to the construction sector.

Critics of this type of argument have tended to point out that this is just a standard criticism of representative democracy — a democratically elected government will not always act in the direction of greatest current public support — and that, therefore, there is no inconsistency in the leaders ' positions given that these countries are parliamentary democracies.

Critics of corporate-led globalization have expressed concern about the methodology used in arriving at the World Bank's statistics and argue that more detailed variables measuring poverty should be studied.

Critics have asserted that people from poor countries ( the Third World ) have been relatively accepting and supportive of globalization while the strongest opposition to globalization has come from wealthy " First World " activists, unions and NGOs.

Critics have questioned whether not one, but perhaps two ghosts appear in this scene: Banquo and Duncan.

Critics argue that there are some phenomena which are better captured by symbolic models, and that connectionist models are often so complex as to have little explanatory power.

Critics of scholars who discuss cultural imperialism have a number of critiques.

Critics, then and since, have questioned the accuracy of the data so garnered.

Critics of Boswell have pointed out that many earlier doctrinal sources condemn homosexuality in ethical terms without prescribing a punishment, and that Boswell's citations reflected a general trend towards harsher penalties from the 12th century onwards.

Critics have explored the connection between the creation of Thomas ' mythological pasts into his works such as " The Orchards ", which Ann Elizabeth Mayer believes reflects the Welsh myths of the Mabinogion.

Critics have also stated that Misskelley's " confessions " were in many respects inconsistent with themselves and the particulars of the crime scene and murder victims, including ( for example ) an " admission " that Misskelley " watched Damien rape one of the boys.

Critics of Derrida have countless times quoted it as a slogan to characterize and stigmatize deconstruction.

Critics claim the vocabulary and style of the Pauline letters could not have been written by Paul according to available biographical information and reflect the views of the emerging Church rather than the apostle's.

Critics have referred to Enter the Dragon as " a low-rent James Bond thriller ", a " remake of Doctor No " with elements of Fu Manchu.

Critics have claimed that the Nazis ' claim of scientific reasons behind their promotion of racism and hostility to homosexuals is pseudoscience.

Critics have charged Bopp with neglecting the study of the native Sanskrit grammars, but in those early days of Sanskrit studies the great libraries of Europe did not hold the requisite materials ; if they had, those materials would have demanded his full attention for years, while such grammars as those of Charles Wilkins and Henry Thomas Colebrooke, from which Bopp derived his grammatical knowledge, had all used native grammars as a basis.

Critics have objected to GMOs on several grounds, including tampering with nature, ecological concerns, economic concerns raised by the fact these organisms are often subject to intellectual property law, whether food produced from GMOs should be banned or labelled, whether such food is safe, and whether GM crops are useful to address the world's food needs.

Critics have objected to GM crops per se on several grounds, including ecological concerns, and economic concerns raised by the fact these organisms are subject to intellectual property law.

Critics of the East German state have claimed that the state's commitment to communism was a hollow and cynical tool Machiavellian in nature, but this assertion has been challenged by studies that have found that the East German leadership was genuinely committed to the advance of scientific knowledge, economic development, and social progress.

Critics of the East German state have claimed that the state's commitment to communism was a hollow and cynical tool of a ruling elite.

Critics have long taken as self-referential a passage in the Odyssey describing a blind bard, Demodocus, in the court of the Phaeacian king, who recounts stories of Troy to the shipwrecked Odysseus.

Critics claimed the popular media were wrong to report monarch butterflies were threatened because this experiment did not duplicate natural conditions under which monarch caterpillars may come in contact with corn pollen.

Critics claimed the CPRR intended to build a railroad only as far as Dutch Flat, to connect to the Dutch Flat Wagon Road which they already controlled.

Critics have also claimed that content externalists are committed to epistemological absurdities.

Critics claimed that these laws would lead to " 24-hour drinking ".

Critics also claimed the bill would have a chilling effect on the availability of medical information.

Critics claimed the album was " hit and miss " which showed up particularly as the " also-rans are surrounded by songs that are as great as anything Supergrass has ever recorded ".

Critics claimed that Wilson acted to solicit votes for the next general election ( which took place less than a year later ), but defenders noted that, since the minimum voting age at that time was 21, this was hardly likely to impact many of the Beatles ' fans who at that time were predominantly teenagers.

Critics of Milošević claimed that the government continued to be authoritarian despite constitutional changes, as Milošević maintained strong political influence over the state media.

Critics of the LDS church have claimed that Cabrera's work had a strong influence on Joseph Smith, Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, founders of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Critics also claimed that WCG did not proclaim salvation by grace through faith alone, but rather required works as part of salvation.

Critics claimed that Villepin, perhaps with the support of then-president Jacques Chirac, had tried to defame his rival.

Critics have claimed that these items were expropriated ; however, Post and Davies's transactions were from the recognized governmental authority.

Critics of the invasion claimed that it would lead to the deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians and soldiers as well as Coalition soldiers, and that it would moreover damage peace and stability throughout the region and the world.

Critics of PACs claimed they have exploited a technicality in the filing requirements to postpone disclosure.

Critics claimed that the Oil-for-Food Programme was responsible, under the blockage of dual-use equipment, for preventing Iraq from repairing the water purification and medical systems destroyed by the initial sanctions and during 1991 Gulf War, and others challenged the programme on the grounds that it would not permit Iraq to import the food and medicine necessary to prevent millions of easily preventable deaths.

Critics have claimed that slogan hid an agenda that sought to implement tax cuts and curtail the government's role in health care and retirement saving.

Critics claimed that Black received special treatment from the Canadian government but Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, denied any political influence.

Critics of the amalgamation have claimed that the election demonstrated strong voter backlash against the State Government for pressing the issue.

Critics generally contend that claimed successes occur in conditions which were going to lead to rain anyway.

Critics of Martin's cuts claimed that he was in a distinct conflict of interest as his family through Canada Steamship Lines and various subsidiary and affiliated companies had once had a significant investment in the Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines, an intercity bus line in Quebec and eastern Ontario that is a key competitor of Via Rail.