It is no secret that economic debates often have a religious flavor and similar passion; sometimes this flavor is metaphorical but other times is direct. Indeed, there many people — especially in the United States, who explicitly equate their economics with morals and religion.
Some worship at the altar of gold (the gold standard to be [...]
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Today, while examining the key word searches that have led people to this blog, I noticed this interesting query: “Are tea partiers psychotic?” This Google search must have pulled up my post “Tea Parties and Monkey Gods,” in which I observed that Tea Partiers seem to be animated by a toxic combination of anger and [...]
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