…be entirely speech. Money in politics falls within the category of transactional speech, and it also causes severe harm to the democratic form of government. It may, therefore, be regulated…

…impoverishes society in general, and this eventually leads to severe repression, major social upheaval, or both. I whole-heartedly agree. 4) Jon Hammond’s guest post at Angry Bear shows that a…

…limitations of the system, the psychological processes that are instigated when issues are seen as both severe and complex may limit any criticism of the current system and its decision-making…

…it will take severe recessions in some of the debtor countries to drive relative prices down sufficient enough to feasibly shift the terms of trade. The table below lists the…

…its home, be forced to declare bankruptcy, etc., and end up in severe poverty if there were no social services to rely upon. What moral lesson is being taught here?…

…done if they succeed, and the severe disincentive of shame if they fail. For bankers, it is the opposite: a bonus if they make short-term profits and a bailout if…

…the impact of Europe’s problems on US financial institutions, quality spreads actually improved last month. This implies that at least the bond market is not expecting too severe an impact….

…The loss months are slightly more severe than the gain months (about 5%), but there are 2 gain-months for every loss-month. It’s still a “jobless recovery”—as was the post-1991 era—in…

…Medicaid as the leading cause of rising healthcare costs, the House under John Boehner has sought to impose severe cuts in the programs which will in effect balance the deficit…

…was pretty severe, and is often referred to as the Panic of 1907. The recession of 1918 was caused by the end of WW2. And then there’s one more detail…