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The contrarian addiction

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

A Year and Counting: re-regulation of Wall Street

…gains. As Amity, a commenter on Salon’s post by Andrew Leonard on Wall Street’s risk-taking, noted: The whole point of society is to moderate and channel wild animal impulses into…

The Depression and Post WW II Recessions

…such tightening moves generally cause recessions. If this analysis is correct it implies that the analysis by Amy Shlaes and other blaming the New Deal are completely without any basis….