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The Shrinking of Treehorn

…year. Some prices went down, others did not. “I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this since I’ve been in the industry,” says Todd Hale, who has been with Nielsen…

Soc Sec XIX: Narratology of ‘Crisis’

…The notion that Boomers are inherently selfish was not invented by privatizers, instead they latched onto a theme that had been developing since about 1964 when the first Boomers arrived…

Limited tricks, monolines, municipal bonds…

…Mae and Freddie Mac) and not (private-label MBS) means it will have eventually sold or pledged half of its Treasurys, limiting how many more of these tricks it can pull…

Clouds

…contributions from now on so the widget can keep the references updated. Past posts can be labeled at your convenience, such as social security, WTO, global warming, taxes, economists etc….

Eyes on Trade

single day or single WTO round: just getting some definitions on the table can get the corporate animal spirits spirited up. Before you know it, public interest advocates are on…

Meds and blogs

…schemes and payments and doctor ‘collusion’ or ‘acceptance’ is the ethical standard of prescribing medications on such a huge scale, often for non-researched age groups, off label uses, and as…

Old meaning, new boost for Feb. 14

…weeks instead of one. They suspect the Viagra works through its effects on nitric oxide, which is also how the drug treats erectile dysfunction. Actually, off-label uses can be productive….

Alienating Independents

…also implicitly applying those same labels to the one-third of Americans who have gone through the same disillusionment with Bush’s Iraq policies. Meanwhile, about 55%-60% of Americans now think that…

“Freedom to Farm”: GOP Hypocrisy – then and now

…wonders of the 1996 so-called Freedom to Farm Act (the last major previous farm legislation). Such praise vivifies how few people in Washington look beyond the deceptive label congressmen attached…