Game Theory

I Am Not Paying Higher Taxes to Help the Uninsured

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

No social program -- Medicare, social security, rent control, public universities -- that aims to help the poor can ever succeed without appealing to, and paying off, a broad middle class.

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Trapped In Prisoner's Dilemma, More Spending Is The Solution

David Segal | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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David Segal

The stimulus' oft-cited $787 billion figure includes nearly $300 billion in tax cuts, meaning that it represents a split between conservative and interventionist economic philosophy.

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Van Jones: The Partisan Politics of Mutually Assured Distraction

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Beau Friedlander

Van Jones was the best person for the job he just relinquished. He would have helped Republican lawmakers in their districts. He would have created jobs. He would have made a difference.

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Nice Guys Finish First, Harvard Study Says

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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WASHINGTON — Screaming sports coaches and cutthroat tycoons have it wrong: Nice guys do finish first, a new study suggests. The Harvard Univers...

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