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Karl Rove on Health Insurance

…Defeating the public option should be a top priority for the GOP this year. Otherwise, our nation will be changed in damaging ways almost impossible to reverse. Snark fails. _______________________________…

The REH vs the EMH

…a model in which the optimal policy is laissez faire and a model in which the optimal policy is confiscation and equal distribution of all wealth. update 2: snark deleted….

Actually, "The Field" is Odds-on

Via Mankiw, who notes that “among economists listed” at PinnacleSports, Martin Feldstein is the favorite. I was going to snark that that must be because they have a lousy field…

Citizen’s Guide to economic knowledge

…as he heads out to private think tank and Alan Greenspan’s new booklet on his wisdom. But that is my snark. It is supposed to explain what is up to…

Picking on Pollsters

…“friends” wasn’t (all) snark. But I do think they need to work on their sampling strategy. Also Wenzel Strategies — they had two polls with huge McConnell leads in 2013….

Yglesias totally Nails National Review Online

…simply changed their minds on the merits of caudillismo. But it looks an awful lot like throwing Spanish words around for no real reason. Ah snark. Nobody does it better….