…and outside groups. The $400 checks that these families will not get were a big part selling this plan, a way to avoid the “sellout to the wealthy” label. The…
You searched for: label/war on Christmas
…title, the answer is either “both” if you dislike MS, or “Businessman and Philanthropist Extraordinaire” if you like MS. Either way, the Philanthropist label seems deserved and will be even…
The So-Called Credit Crunch, Again Some More
It’s really hard to kill this meme. Note the label on this graph from today’s Free Exchange post: Now change that heading to read “Business borrowing.” Sort of gives a…
Accurate reporting
…some doubt on the usefulness of such labeling. For example, the label “cyclical” often implies — whether implicitly or explicitly — that declines in the participation rate explained by “cyclical”…
Gail Collins (and me): Free Us From ‘Freedom’
To be fair, I don’t think Hannity had any idea about Bundy’s racial theories. However, it’s generally a good idea to be wary of lionizing people who go around saying:…
Northwest Plan 2013 – Extracts by Webb
…Dale Coberly’s numbers for 2013 Northwest Plan with three calculated columns added by me. Those are the three with “Cost-Non Interest Income” as part or all of their label. Which…
Dodd Frank changes a huge gimme
…less ire. However, as Elizabeth Warren demonstrated in the fight last month over the so-called swaps pushout rule, it is possible to reduce many of these issues to their essential…
Greece’s Missing Drivers of Growth
…predictions of the model with actual exports. Greek exports were 32.6% lower than those predicted by the model, which they label the “puzzle of the missing Greek trade.” They then…
Are You a Liberal or a Conservative? Are You Sure?
…our focus lie? Should we spend our time making largely false accusations at people we have allowed others to label as different from us, or at the real source of…
No, Sanders is not trying to boot moderates out of the Democratic Party and erect a progressives-purity test. He just objects to Clinton’s misrepresenting herself as a progressive Democrat when she is, by her own fairly recent and proud description, a moderate Democrat.
…general ideological label as progressive rather than moderate. She is not, overall, a progressive. She is, overall, a moderate. He’s complaining about the false labeling, the false advertising. He thinks…
