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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Nanny Nation
The Nanny Nation - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com: "Americans are proud of this heritage, proud of being a country of “determined, self-reliant individuals” where hard work, not government handouts or family connections, promised a shiny future. Ritholtz’s book seeks to explain how the United States, once so proud, became “a nanny state for well-paid bankers.”"
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