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trilemma

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trilemma [traɪˈlɛmə]
n
1. a quandary posed by three alternative courses of action
2. (Philosophy / Logic) an argument one of the premises of which is the disjunction of three statements from each of which the same conclusion is derived
[formed on the model of dilemma, from tri- + Greek lēmma assumption]
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Taylor, "Financial Stability, the Trilemma, and International Reserves," NBER Working Paper No.
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In the discussion of the Trilemma ("Lord/Liar/Lunatic"--not Lewis's words, by the way), the alleged missed alternatives include the possibility that Jesus did not actually say or mean the statements on which the argument is based, and that a person could be mistaken about being God and still be a great moral teacher.
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Employment welfare became antagonistic to the efficient functioning of corporations generating what Streeck and Hassel call a trilemma, where full employment, price stability and free collective bargaining become untenable, any two can be achieved at the cost of the third.
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