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volokh.com - 1/13/2009

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— volokh.com — Praise for the New York Times: Over my years of blogging, I've been highly critical of the... N.Y. Times's coverage of a variety matters, not least its coverage of the 2006 Lebanon War (e.g.) . I think it's therefore only sporting to acknowledge that I ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy

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volokh.com - 1/16/2009

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— volokh.com — Some Comments on the FISA Court of Review Decision: I was on a plane most of the... day, delaying my promised blogging on the new FISA Court of Review case on foreign intelligence surveillance. Here are a few thoughts after reading the opinion. 1. First, ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy

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volokh.com - 1/22/2009

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— volokh.com — Chapter 13 reform: the Zingales plan In my last post , I described Durbin’s bill for reforming... Chapter 13. Luigi Zingales, a professor at the business school of the University of Chicago, has made the following proposal , which can be treated as an ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy

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Herbert Hoover's New Deal
Hit & Run — ... ever evolved in the history of the Republic." In that same 1932 campaign, FDR even denounced Hoover for overspending and promised to enact a balanced budget. [...] After Hoover left office, New Dealers used the myth of his supposed adherence to laissez-faire as a justification for discrediting free market policies. Today, we are seeing the creation of a similar myth about Bush. The truth, however, is almost the exact opposite of the myth. Whole thing here. Back in April 2008, Jesse Walker looked at how FDR's 1932 campaign rhetoric ...

Herbert Hoover Reincarnated
The Corner on National Review Online — ... pointed out "President Herbert Hoover increased [federal spending] more than 50 percent between 1929 and the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt." And two weeks ago, Ilya Somin over at the Volokh Conspiracy pretty muched demolished the liberal caricature of Hoover pursuing laissez-faire policies that failed to stop the depression: Speaking before the 1932 Republican Convention, Hoover boasted that he had rejected the "disastrous" option of doing "nothing" and instead had "met the situation with proposals to private business and to Congress of the most gigantic program of ...

Don't learn the wrong lessons from the New Deal
Betsy's Page — ... . And while you're in a history mood, read Ilya Somin's explanation of why it is wrong to regard Herbert Hoover as a do-nothing president. Hoover was a progressive and he tried several programs that presaged the New Deal. He had been advocating government intervention in the economy since 1920 and throughout his career as the Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge. After Hoover left office, New Dealers used the myth of his supposed adherence to laissez-faire as a justification for discrediting free market policies. Today, we are seeing the creation of a similar myth ...