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...indie pop terms, Field Music ends up in the easy-listening category. When you detect some of the glaring “borrowing?? going on, though, the band ultimately misses the mark. Whether in guitar lines, drum beats, string melodies, or vocal harmonies, you almost get the feeling that actual sections of Beatles songs have been spliced in, to little emotional effect. Other groups, including every band ever, have experimented with the musical precedent set by The Beatles, but usually with more inspiring and enjoyable products. Field Music’s attempt lacks depth and rarely contains...
...Annoyed in Adams Dear Annoyed, Do you like this roommate, independent of her possible kleptomania? If you do like her and would like to live with her in the future, feel free to skip down to the third paragraph. If her lax definition of “borrowing?? is the last straw, read on: If you are no longer interested in living with her, consider taking a cue from Joey on “Friends” by giving her a pseudo-dose of her own medicine. While she is out, put on every piece of her clothing...
Furthermore, it is misleading to cite the short-term increase in government borrowing??the “transition costs”—as a downside to PRAs. Government borrowing hurts the economy because it saps funds from the supply of national savings and thus raises real interest rates, which crowds out private investment. But every dollar the government borrows is transferred into PRAs, which increases the supply of savings by an equal amount. The net effect on national savings is zero...
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