Comments on: Obamanomics http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/ Random rants and curious explanation. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Al http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Al Thu, 29 May 2008 22:42:46 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/#comment-864 I wonder who N.C. Miller is or was? The review I capsulized here has further examples, and Cassidy says Obama's website has many policy statements along similar lines. No doubt the book, "Nudge" has many others. I wish they had coined a better name than "behavioral economics," but the approach does seem to carry the promise of possibilities for less political warfare (like the attacks on Hillary's healthcare plan in the 1990s) and more bipartisan agreement on many issues. It's simply realistic rather than ideological or bureaucratic. I wonder who N.C. Miller is or was? The review I capsulized here has further examples, and Cassidy says Obama’s website has many policy statements along similar lines. No doubt the book, “Nudge” has many others. I wish they had coined a better name than “behavioral economics,” but the approach does seem to carry the promise of possibilities for less political warfare (like the attacks on Hillary’s healthcare plan in the 1990s) and more bipartisan agreement on many issues. It’s simply realistic rather than ideological or bureaucratic.

]]> By: mike http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/comment-page-1/#comment-863 mike Thu, 29 May 2008 15:17:49 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/#comment-863 Are you referring to N.C Miller's 1958 reference to "laundry list"? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry+list Barack's frequent reference to "Change" actually refers to clothes...hence the laundry list Are you referring to N.C Miller’s 1958 reference to “laundry list”?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry+list

Barack’s frequent reference to “Change” actually refers to clothes…hence the laundry list

]]> By: Mark http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Mark Thu, 29 May 2008 11:31:29 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/05/28/this-may-degenerate-into-a-laundry-list/#comment-862 It's my observation that most self-help books begin with 80% build-up to a small nugget of something you already know anyway. If this economic self-help starts with just 50% actual content before degenerating into a laundry list, they are way ahead of the game. It’s my observation that most self-help books begin with 80% build-up to a small nugget of something you already know anyway. If this economic self-help starts with just 50% actual content before degenerating into a laundry list, they are way ahead of the game.

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