Fatalism

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a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

Fatalism surrounds breast cancer
MORE than one-quarter of women believe there is nothing they can do to reduce their risk of breast cancer, a survey suggests. Read more on this news related to 'Fatalism'
Fatalism taking hold
THE BIG SHRUG: Depression is the new normal Read more on this news related to 'Fatalism'
The OECD's deficit fetishism will stunt growth – when all we need is houses
George Osborne's favourite thinktank thinks small – so small, it will never help the UK economy grow beyond the margins There is a fatalism about the OECD. Listening to officials at the thinktank's Paris HQ, there is none of the energy that bounces off their counterparts at the International Monetary Fund. The IMF wants action from governments. So does the Organ Read more on this news related to 'Fatalism'