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- 2135 Views
- 32 Comments
What if BP's lack of a safety plan wasn't accidental?
JUNE 11, 2010 5:09AM
Topics: distraction, distract, sham, dissembled, dissemble, fraud, obliviousness, oblivious, safety plan, contingency plan, application, regulatory agency, regulation, disaster, catastrophe, oil leak, oil spill, oil, bp, environment, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 2474 Views
- 30 Comments
We Need Demand, Not Deregulation
OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:33AM
Topics: republican primary campaign, michele bachmann, rick santorum, rick perry, mitt romney, pnc small business survey, pnc financial services group, “fact check: regulations not a huge jobs killer”, associated press, npr, scott holstein, kim and scott’s gourmet pretzels, deregulation as a cause of job growth, regulation as a cause of economic stagnation, deregulation, regulation, double dip recession, economic recovery, economic meltdown, unemployment, joblessness, economy, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 1637 Views
- 34 Comments
Big Bank Reform and the Game of Snooker
MAY 11, 2012 3:45PM
Topics: business, economy, politics, gambling, regulation, congress
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- 1843 Views
- 26 Comments
Five Dollars to Cash a Check?
AUGUST 16, 2010 8:47AM
Topics: what is a check, honor, reputation, my good name, cashing a check, little people, ordinary people, regulation, reform, because they can, $5, five dollars, check cashing, check fees, check cashing fees, fees, bank fees, banks, finance, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 1344 Views
- 21 Comments
The war on smoking
JUNE 23, 2009 4:27PM
Topics: peer-reviewed research, regulation, fda, cigarettes
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- 1638 Views
- 28 Comments
Pondering Stronger Oil Drilling Regulations
MAY 26, 2010 8:37AM
Topics: politics, oil, regulation, incentive, corporate, corporation, llc, liability, limited liability, limited liability company, motivation, lobbying, inspection, explosive, failsafe, safeguard, fiduciary duty, fiduciary responsibility, obligation, stockholder, penalty, law, punishment, suit, lawsuit, crime, criminal
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- 848 Views
- 15 Comments
Marijuana History - Live and in Progress
FEBRUARY 27, 2009 12:50PM
Topics: marijuana, cannabis, pot, weed, reform, norml, ssdp, mpp, asa, leap, medical, recreational, prohibition, regulation, legalization, decriminalization, decrim, tax, politics
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- 3210 Views
- 37 Comments
Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22
AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM
Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics
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- 1778 Views
- 30 Comments
Health Insurance: A Modest Proposal
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM
Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 1576 Views
- 13 Comments
A Finely Aged Regulation: Treasury Goes After Derivatives
MAY 14, 2009 4:13AM
Topics: timothy geithner, treasury, fed, derivatives, cds, swaps, regulation, securities and exchange commission, sec, larry summers, commodities modernization act, is bailout one word or two?, derivative instruments
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- 1166 Views
- 35 Comments
Government vs. The Bullies
JUNE 26, 2012 1:09PM
Topics: oversight, regulation, bullying open call, abusers, standing up to bullies, stand up to bullies, government waste, efficient government, too much government regulation, government regulation, too much government, big government, bad government, dismantling government, progressive, conservative, libertarian, rights, cutting government, limited government, government, limits of freedom, unfettered freedom, happiness, freedom, bullying, politics, regulatory oversight
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- 7352 Views
- 9 Comments
The Marijuana Bailout
MARCH 29, 2009 3:32PM
Topics: marijuana, cannabis, pot, weed, president obama, legalization, regulation, prohibition, economy, news, big story, open call
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- 521 Views
- 9 Comments
Governor Brewer’s White Republican Ball
JUNE 18, 2010 11:59PM
Topics: jan brewer, arizona, arizona governor jan brewer, republican, legislature, white, brown, populists, pinko, socialists, secular, wealthy, hispanics, mexicans, mexico, janet napolitano, unfunded mandates, education, jobs, regulation, obamacare, right wing, al melvin, hell, economy, boycott, hb1070, hb2281
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- 1802 Views
- 34 Comments
“Bank Interest”
APRIL 11, 2009 3:57PM
Topics: risk, voluntary, regulated, regulation, capitalism, socialized, socialism, public, private, fdic, non-profit, profit, earnings, motivation, incentive, price-fixing, monopoly, antitrust, competition, free and fair market, fair market, free market, bank interest, banks, is bailout one word or two?, bail-out, bailout, economy, politics, schwab, other people's money, credit card, atm card
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- 1003 Views
- 5 Comments
Don't Blame Bush
OCTOBER 30, 2008 11:17AM
Topics: news, business, markets, regulation, biden, white house, sarah palin, palin, economic crisis, obama campaign, mccain campaign, bailout, joe biden, free-market, elections, mccain, john mccain, democratic party, democrats, republican party, presidential election, republicans, congress, tax, financial crisis, economy, politics, taxes, banks, credit crisis, housing crisis, mortgage crisis, barack obama, newt gingrich, chris shays, tom delay, rush limbaugh
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- 1564 Views
- 17 Comments
Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call
AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM
Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy
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- 932 Views
- 14 Comments
America's Divided Political Heart
JUNE 20, 2012 9:49AM
Topics: richard lugar, religious right, plutocracy, right wing, job creators, tea party, regulation, taxes, founding fathers, holy trinity, catholic church, e pluribus unum, democracy, sarah palin, constitutional conservativers, compromise, rugged individualism, elizabeth warren, citizens united, statecraft, big government, ann arbor, borders books, free market, tory, chamber of commerce, laissez faire capitalism, pursuit of happiness and other sobering thoughts, pulitzer prize, community, individualism, republican party, right wing, liberalism, conservatism, ann coulter, jr., e.j. dionne, george f. will, economics, politics
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- 1020 Views
- 9 Comments
What the EPA Knew, What the Bush Admin Denied
JULY 14, 2009 10:01AM
Topics: coal slurry, impoundment, dry landfills, toxic waste, coal ash, kingston spill, regulation, epa, bush administration
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- 2274 Views
- 3 Comments
Philly Marijuana March w/PICS n VIDZ
MAY 4, 2009 11:21PM
Topics: philly, norml, phillynorml, marijuana, cannabis, pot weed, prohibition, global cannabis march, medical, rally, legalization, regulation, news
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- 705 Views
- 5 Comments
It is the private sector, not government, that has failed us
OCTOBER 11, 2010 12:50PM
Topics: regulation, taxes, jobs, business, capitalism
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