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The current economic crisis bears considerable resemblance to the global warming crisis. We are told the sky is falling by pointy-headed know-it-alls who couldn't possibly know all about systems so large they defy puny human attempts to model them. And...
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The current economic crisis bears considerable resemblance to the global warming crisis. We are told the sky is falling by pointy-headed know-it-alls who couldn't possibly know all about systems so large they defy puny human attempts to model them. And... read ...
The Weekend Scramble Brunch, Part 1 - 1/11/2009
No Runny Eggs —
... economic team. I’m not; after all, another, more-successful of his team members, Warren Buffet, advocates a 1% GDP growth.
Patrick McIlheran proves that the resurrection of the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration, which is what Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway wants, will be even less successful the second time around.
James T. Harris explains why it wasn’t successful the first time.
Uncle Jimbo finds the looters at the gates. Er, they’re in power. ...
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