| Richard Nixon’s exploitation of political ignorance; Making Defamation Law Great Again: Michael Mann’s suit may continue; Cato podcast on Nelson v. Colorado and the presumption of innocence; By allowing an anti-Israel Security Council resolution, Obama will hurt the U.N., and not help peace; | | | | | | | | | Richard Nixon’s exploitation of political ignorance | | A new paper shows that Richard Nixon adopted wage and price controls, even though he knew they were harmful. He did it to exploit public ignorance. Sadly, he was far from the last political leader to manipulate the public in this way. | | By Ilya Somin • Read more » |
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