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As is probably a common trend with large conferences that address similarly large questions, both policy and research are problematised a lot. Hence it becomes almost an inappropriate environment for optimistic stories. Although such stories would be pleasant to hear every now and again, speakers have been strongly arguing why the stories need to be told as they are told. In one roundtable on the second conference day Bruce Jentleson (Duke University) commented on the theory vs policy debate...