all else being equal

It’s a truism and a Paul Simon lyric for a reason: All else being equal, people prefer to hear what they want to hear, and disregard the rest.

But all else being equal, people still pay a premium to live in the riskiest places.

But all else being equal, a faster decarbonisation effort would mean those costs being passed on faster.

And it’s true that if Democrats can maintain their historical level of support and increase turnout significantly among this bloc of the electorate, they are practically ensured victory with all else being equal.

Ultimately, while there’s some interesting evidence for slight differences, the jury is still out on whether, all else being equal, monogamous and consensually nonmonogamous relationships differ significantly in satisfaction.