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Ryan : Health Exchanges are bad except except when they're good.

By Flavius on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 12:14pm |

From the Washington Post to Brad Delong  to you

 

Ezra Klein: Speaking of the Affordable Care Act, you’ve said before that the theory behind the exchanges in Ryan-Rivlin and the theory behind the exchanges in the Affordable Care Act are identical. That would mean Republicans who believe in Ryan’s model should be more optimistic about the Affordable Care Act. But Ryan has said the two of you simply disagree on how to build the exchanges. Can you explain to me the disagreement you have that would make Ryan-Rivlin different from the ACA?

The Kochs take aim at academic freedom

By Flavius on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 10:04am |

No sense wasting your time with my summary, read Juan Cole.

http://www.juancole.com/

BTW Cole's definition is not freedom to agree with him. He vigorously protested the resolution by the British academic union proposing a ban of UK entry for Israeli professors. As he said these were people he had debated in venues all over the world and it would have been particularly  craven for him to be silent. 

Dean Baker adds up Ryan's numbers

By Flavius on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 1:55pm |

well somebody has to.

 

Baker today in Brad Delong's blog.

 

 

Wisconsin supreme court election

By Flavius on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 6:38am |

Kloppenburg will win.  NOON Wednes day

With one (pro Prosser ) precinct missing she's ahead by 220

 

Instead of arguing about Goldstone

By Flavius on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:37pm |

check out  bitterlemons.http://www.bitterlemons.net/

You can read the opinions of a Hamas leader which may or may not confirm what you already think. And those of a settler , ditto.

Frequently there are 4 views on an issue. A leftish former assistant to Barack:a settler or some one who voices their views; a Palestinian university president; and someone who voices the views of Palestinians who are not university presidents.

I'm not peddling a subliminal message that of course " they can all get along".

They're lying about social security

By Flavius on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 1:20pm |

Dean Baker in today’s FT

 Deficit hawks now like to show off charts in which the costs of Social Security-along with Medicare and Medicaid,.are projected to go through the roof in the decades ahead. These charts show the costs of everything else more or less under control this looks ominous. But it is also a trick.

Ah, yes.

By Flavius on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 10:35am |

From Brad Delong today, quoting Henry Farrell, quoting Alan Greenspan and a whole series of commenters. Here's an excerpt and  a link to Delong's Blog where it's embedded. 

Henry Farrell:

“With Notably Rare Exceptions” — Crooked Timber:  Alan Greenspan is back as free market evangelist, and it’s rather wonderful.

OH WELL, I'LL START IT

By Flavius on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 10:20pm |

As a supporter of Obama's handling of Libya (oh, hadn't you noticed) I thought it was a good enough speech in that it passed the minimum hurdle, it  won't have created any new opposition. Neither will it have converted any existing opponents. 

To be more specific,I like his explanation that whatever we might do in other cases, the particular characteristics of the situation in this particular country in the context of our particular strengths led to an outcome that might not often be duplicated. 

Down with doctrines

By Flavius on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 12:42am |

I suppose it started with the Monroe doctrine, or maybe the John Smith one, but suddenly in the last two decades what was a handy icon has become a media substitute for examining the specific situation and its specific characteristics.

So the Powell Doctrine: Don't attack unless you have overwhelming force. Or Desider's doctrine in So you want to be a millionaire Libyan: Don't try to assist a revolution unless the rebels have shown that they can hold a lot of the country.

Both perfectly reasonable BTW.

Until they become doctrines.

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