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Our Popular Economics Writers, However, Are Not In The Business Of Giving Their Readers A Ringside Seat On The Research Action; With No Exception I Can Think Of, They Use Their Books To Do An End Run Around The Normal Structure Of Scholarship, To Preach Ideas That Few Serious Economists Share. Often, These Ideas Are Not Just At Odds With The Professional Consensus; They Are Demonstrably Wrong, And Sometimes Terminally Silly. But They Sound Good To The Unwary Reader.

The Habit Of Disguising Ideology As Expertise Has Created A Deficit Of Legitimacy.

The Goal In The End Is Not To Win Elections. The Goal Is To Change Society.

So, Very Early Reports Are That Obamacare Exchanges Are, As Expected, Having Some Technical Glitches On The First Day - Maybe Even A Bit Worse Than Expected, Because It Appears That Volume Has Been Much Bigger Than Predicted. Here’s What You Need To Know: This Is Good, Not Bad, News For The Program... Lots Of People Logging On And Signing Up On The Very First Day... Is An Early Indication That It’s Going To Be Fine, That Plenty Of People Will Sign Up For The First Year Of Health Reform.

In Our Country, Learned Ignorance Is On The Rise.