2009 Predictions Revisited

Originally published at BunkBlog . You can comment here or there . One year ago, I made a series of 10 predictions for the new year. Let’s see how I did. The right wing noise machine did find new and interesting ways to make themselves look silly while calling the new president a socialist, a communist, a nazi, and a racist – all at the same time. If President Obama were on fire, the...

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Another article on food stamps

... Assistance Program, have taken on a greater role in the safety net for several reasons. Since the benefit buys only food, it draws less suspicion of abuse than cash aid and more political support. And the federal government pays for the whole benefit, giving states reason to maximize enrollment. States typically share in other programs’ costs. The Times collected income data on food-stamp ...

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Another Aptly-Named Decade

... change their business model, or whether they'll first change our political system in increasingly extreme ways. This is one reason why "net ... No Reform Without Revolution: The US has a shot at real political change if things get bad enough, but that could go in ...opinion in Israel is perhaps somewhat more likely. The US could apply political pressure, too, and at least get Israel to lay off the ...

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Iranian Regime Giving Gold Stars To Political Dissidents and Enemies of The State, I Mean Students.

... although undergrads also face suspension for political activity, according to student-rights ...At election rallies, some people chanted "Political students must be freed." In a... a long track record of political activism. After the Islamic Revolution ... dedicated to essays about politics, economics and the arts. The disciplinary ... four semesters because of his political activity. He also was arrested ...

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News Clips

...Emanuel at Freddie as More Money Rolls In... Economics/Corruption/Democrats 2) Pope Knocked Down by Woman...Emanuel at Freddie as More Money Rolls In... Economics/Corruption/Democrats http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009... he was greeting the crowd at a political rally earlier this month. A man with ... by an Islamic theocracy until 1962. Now, political parties are divided into Islamic reformist groups,...

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A Scientific Scandal Without Precedent

...major university -- was it to the University of Pennsylvania? -- would employ people to teach economics only if they signed a statement that they were protectionists, not free traders. There have ...And, of course, authoritarian states have suppressed dissident opinions, and not only in the purely political or religious areas where one might expect such suppression. But I know of no such conspiracy...

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Answers

... a lot of empathy, he’s involved in one of Australia’s political parties and politics is his passion, he has a really remarkable ability... I am studying a degree in Politics but am studying Law and Economics within that too. I am not looking into any career yet, ... immune to criticism? We choose it just like we choose our political persuasion -- yet we all feel free to laugh at how stupid Republicans ...

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Immodest Proposals

...are impossible in the current American political system, I propose to spend several...world’s nations have replaced one political system with another at least once...just as true of innovation in political and social institutions: what gets ballyhooed...in politics, a market system in economics – have certain advantages. Though the ... head-on collision with bubble economics. From a broader perspective, that’...

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Game Theories

...economies and citizens who love their political systems. Are these virtual worlds the...model under controlled circumstances,” he wrote. “Economics is limited by the fact ... the natural sciences.” Instead, classical economics tries to predict economic behaviour ... In essence, they face the political question that bedevils real-life ... EverQuest paper to a few economics journals. They rejected it instantly....

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Science fiction and polemics

...t deserve any sympathy. Science fiction is replete with polemics on everything from politics to economics and everything in between. Authors frequently use alternate worlds, the distant future, and ... as backdrops to support some ideas, and attack others. I have very strong political, environmental, religious, and social opinions myself, but avoid reading overtly opinionated stories, regardless ...

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