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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

Just Crazy

…agree with Marshall that “Chief Justice Roberts’ suggestion that President Obama should have stopped enforcing DOMA really was preposterous.” Indeed, if the President feels free to ignore laws (and in…

How To Debate Paul Krugman

…people to fill them up would start a chain reaction of growth. A child would see the answer was preposterous, but not a trained economist, politician, or brainwashed academic. Paul…

Government sponsored enterprises

…preservation and job creation are private, not public, financial gains. The proposition is preposterous and relies upon the sleight of hand that only company and shareholder profits count as “profits”—a…

Elizabeth Warren says sack CEOs?

…address the issues in the report. “The very notion that anyone would infuse money into a financially troubled entity without demanding changes in management is preposterous.” The report will also…