Word: popularizaton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...principal thing to be said about Philip Stern's book on tax loopholes is that it is a superb popularizaton. The term "popularization" has come to have an overtone of condescension that is often, as in this case, unjust. A good popularization takes facts or interpretations already known to the experts and makes them comprehensible and interesting to the lay reader. If the subject dealt with is of any importance, the popularizer performs an invaluable function--war is too important to be left to the generals...
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