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...book, “A Normal Country: Russia After Communism,” Shleifer’s vociferous defense of the application of laissez-faire economics to post-Soviet Russia culminates in a daring claim—that, thanks to shock therapy, Russia is now a “normal country.” He does not hide the fact that he is taking on deeply entrenched popular wisdom in the United States; indeed, he revels...
...away President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to undermine democratic institutions as perfectly ordinary activities for middle-income heads of state, comparing the level of election fraud, voter intimidation and vote-buying in the Russian Federation to those of Argentina and Brazil. So Russia is “normal,” at least according to the conveniently quantifiable indicators economists such as Shleifer use to gauge the economic and political life (or lack thereof) of a country...
According to Butler, between 96 and 98 percent of Yale’s discussion sections and language classes taught by graduate students met regularly last week and were taught in the normal fashion. Only 10 to 12 of the school’s several hundred lecture courses were disrupted, he added...
...whether it is somebody I opposed or supported.” Tom Harkin put it even more bluntly: “[The filibuster process] is used…as blackmail for one Senator to get his or her way on something that they could not rightfully win through the normal processes.” But with the tables turned and a Republican President selecting judges, Dems have blocked about 10 out of 50 of Bush’s appellate court nominees and seem prepared for a dogfight with expected vacancies on the Supreme Court forthcoming...
...citizens who wear headbands exhorting fealty to the Emperor and who for years have driven their ominous black trucks blaring military marches through the streets of Tokyo. Rather, this new political force consists of young, well-educated, eloquent and media-savvy lawmakers who insist that Japan must become a "normal country" with a fully functioning military and a willingness to take a hard line to protect its interests?a message that has become increasingly popular with a public frustrated by the prospect of a decline in Japan's global stature. Almost without exception, these neocons consider World...