March 7, 2013

How to Beat OPEC

Clifford May, National Review

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If you suffer a heart attack but your doctor thinks you’ve got a nasty case of indigestion, the medicine he prescribes probably won’t cure you. The same applies to policymaking and legislating: Misunderstand the problem, and you’re likely to come up with a useless — or damaging — response.

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