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...hedger attempts to curb real risk - a supplier can squeeze prices higher by refusing to sell on the futures market. The supplier would sell oil just through private deals, whose prices are determined by the futures market - and not the other way around. This catch-22 represents the systemic flaw in the global oil market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why There Should Be More Oil Speculation, Not Less | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...tragic flaw was that Robert McNamara was someone who was incapable of imagining that he could be wrong. The mistakes in Vietnam were mistakes of arrogance and addiction to power," said Stephen M. Walt, a Kennedy School professor who added that he was "certainly no admirer of [McNamara...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kennedy School Colleagues Reflect on McNamara's Career | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...argument goes like this: the biggest flaw in current financial regulation is not that there is too little of it or too much, but that it relies on regulators knowing best. We regulate because financial systems are fragile, prone to booms and busts that can have harmful effects on the real economy. But regulators aren't immune to the boom-bust cycle. They have an understandable habit of easing up when times are good and cracking down when they're not. In doing so, they often amplify the ups and downs of markets rather than modulate them. (Watch TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumbing Down Regulation: The Quest For Simpler Rules | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved. I sleep like a baby at night." -Brushing off criticism for his stance on rejecting federal stimulus money (New York Times, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Straying Governor Mark Sanford | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...their second round this week, many voters are left wondering if the extensively covered debates are really going to change any minds. With the exception of their economic policies, positions on issues ranging from education and health care to corruption and job creation have been presented in generalities - a flaw that some are blaming on the structure of the events themselves. "The debates won't change any opinions unless the format is changed and more details can be revealed," says Effendi Ghazali, professor of political communications at the University of Indonesia. "There are differences between the candidates, but they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Indonesia Vote, Change Not on Ticket | 6/24/2009 | See Source »

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