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A Quick Look at Bloomberg News's Opinion Section for Aug. 9, 2012

THE EDITORS: “It's hard to think of a more insidious threat to forests,
farms and wildlife, not to mention human health and safety, than deer.”
The U.S. should pursue initiatives that reduce the costly infestation.
[Read more] And THE EDITORS write, the conflict over transactions
cleared by the British bank Standard Chartered when the E.U. opposed
Iran sanctions “seems unlikely to help what has now become a common
U.S.-European cause” -- preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
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MICHAEL KINSLEY: What do we accept today but in 20 years will seem
“outrageous, cruel or absurd?” For starters, readers say, high heels,
front lawns and owning your own car. [Read more]
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4. http://bloom.bg/MydJVs

EZRA KLEIN: “The closer you look at base-broadening, rate-lowering tax
reform, the less it looks like an exception to the normal rules of
Washington policy making and the more it looks like it will inevitably
fall victim to them.” [Read more]
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5. http://bloom.bg/MycKEF

CAROLINE BAUM: Economist Milton Friedman is still relevant today. “His
thesis of capitalism as a system for economic freedom and a necessary
condition for political freedom is as valid as ever. The role of
government is to protect that freedom while the role of the market is
to organize economic activity, based on a voluntary exchange between
individuals.” [Read more]
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6. http://bloom.bg/Mydjyx

LAURENCE KOTLIKOFF and SCOTT BURNS: In the past year, “the U.S.
government’s fiscal gap -- the true measure of the nation’s
indebtedness -- rose by $11 trillion.” The answer for fixing this
“isn’t pretty.” [Read more]
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7. http://bloom.bg/MydB8q

CALEB SCHARF: “The behavior of black holes in the universe could very
well be connected to the origins of life” -- the fourth of five
excerpts from "Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule
Galaxies, Stars and Life in the Cosmos." [Read more]
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8. http://bloom.bg/MydsBU

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