…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label…

…ridiculous. But it does have the advantage of carrying with it the Madisonian Freedom/Liberty tag, a label that the Koch right confers upon anything it wishes, because that surely will…

…political debates, is a disagreement about how far to turn the knobs when adjusting policy; it does not seem to call for a separate ideological label. That said, Mr. Konczal…

…From Calhoun, incredibly inaccurately labeled a “libertarian,” through the Agrarian Populist literary movement that was popular at Vanderbilt where Jim wanted to go but did not (he went to Middle…

…opponents of mechanization or advocates of short-time working, a reasoning they label as a misconception and which we know today under the label ‘lump of labor’ fallacy ‘. But the…

…of production, even though in the “higher stage of socialism” generally labeled “pure communism,” the state is supposed to “wither away.” Capitalism is private ownership of the means of production,…

Is There No Hope for “Muslim Social Democracy”?  Probably not I am afraid.  Indeed, this label is a recently cooked up one, to replace an earlier one that used “Islamist”…

…care organization (ACO), a prominent iteration of managed care, illustrates the problem. The ACO label was invented at a 2006 meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The concept was tested…

…every lewd or offensive music or fashion statement that otherwise contained strong language was labeled and shunned puritanically. The result was that more albums were sold that were labeled highly…

…rather than purchasing more expensive, newly built homes. What’s the Difference Between Cage-Free and Free-Range Eggs? treehugger.com, Hayley Bruning. The “cage-free” egg label indicates that the hens producing eggs are,…