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The Shrinking of Treehorn

…show prices, but sizes of items. Lempert says packaged goods makers should have to put the word “new” on the label if they take away even 1 ounce and explain…

Soc Sec XIX: Narratology of ‘Crisis’

…(but not huge tax cut). Taken from the standpoint of the typical income taxpayer, crisis at depletion actually is the functional equivalent of paying off an amortized mortgage, a large…

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

…what their counterparts label ‘protectionism.’… [the services trade lobby’s] body of work took on the attributes of a social science literature in which authors cited, critiqued, and built on each…

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…