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		<title>Letter to David Brooks &#8212; Any Reform is Good Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this in response to this column by David Brooks.
The argument in your column today is based on the assumption that a &#8220;bad bill&#8221; &#8212; one that does not address the fundamental incentive problem &#8212; is worse than no bill.  Moderate conservatives argued from a similar assumption in justifying their opposition to the cap [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=542&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banking Failures &#8212; Letter to Krugman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote the following in response to Krugman&#8217;s column regarding the stubbornness of those who continue to resist financial reform.
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I&#8217;ve recently been reading E.T. Jaynes&#8217; &#8220;Probability Theory: The Logic of Science.&#8221;  From the Bayesian point of view, effective arguments identify evidence that is probable in one scenario but not in the other.
In this case, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=540&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Winning Mode</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/the-winning-mode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a letter I wrote to David Brooks in response to his column today regarding Obama&#8217;s analytic approach to war.
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
Excellent article.  I would like to add an argument in favor of the &#8220;analytic mode.&#8221;  As both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu suggest, morale is only partly a function of leadership style and moral purpose.  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=537&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the NYT on Mammograms, Pap Smears</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/letter-to-the-nyt-on-mammograms-pap-smears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a letter I plan to submit to the New York Times.  Since the Times only accepts letters of 150 words or fewer, I&#8217;ve added additional points I would have made if given the opportunity below the text of the letter&#8230;
I write to voice displeasure with The Times’ coverage of the new recommendations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=534&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What went wrong with The Simpsons?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lexy was kind enough to send Will and me this column from Salon.com called Ask the Pilot.  The writer is a pilot who provides explanations and answers questions about the more technical ins-and-outs of flying to re-assure anxious or inform curious travelers.  But he also delves into pop culture on occasion.  Lexy sent this to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=519&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican 2.0</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/vatican-2-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched Paul Volcker on Charlie Rose the other night. They discussed the role the Fed should have in over-seeing the &#8220;systemic risk&#8221; posed by firms that are too big, or too inter-connected, to fail.
Volcker was responding to Chris Dodd&#8217;s suggestion that the Treasury Secretary take on this responsibility. Volcker disagrees with Dodd. He thinks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=530&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform &#8212; Why Change is Needed</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/health-care-reform-why-change-is-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe in the free market, and that is precisely why I am for major healthcare reform and the introduction of a public option.
I&#8217;ve detailed my argument in this previous post so I will only summarize here.  Free markets work because they permit supply to meet demand at a market clearing price.  Free markets insure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=516&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter in different form</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/letter-in-different-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dr. Krugman,
I write to encourage you to use the following argument in your arsenal.  It is a simple argument that abides neo-classical principles but shows that sometimes the government is a better investor than individuals.  If this argument is valid, then there is no justification for &#8220;tax cuts&#8221; as part of any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=511&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Draft of Letter to Krugman</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/draft-of-letter-to-krugman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on this for a couple of days.   If anyone is reading&#8230; comments?
Dear Dr. Krugman,
I write to encourage you to add the following argument to your arsenal.
The neo-classicists argue that the market-clearing price is always the optimal price, but this is wrong.  As we know from game theory, locally rational decisions can produce [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=507&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulate Disagreement and You Stimulate Trade</title>
		<link>http://thetankblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/503/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmargolin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think economists sometimes lose sight of the fact that their policies work within a context of real world events, ideas and discoveries.
I don&#8217;t see how any purely financial maneuvering &#8212; be they tax cuts or money supply adjustments &#8212; addresses the problem we have.  People don&#8217;t lack liquidity, they lack an incentive to take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetankblog.wordpress.com&blog=2802059&post=503&subd=thetankblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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