I've been speaking to one respected economist and policymaker who thinks I've forgotten one big way that short-term decisions on UK fiscal and monetary policy could affect the UK's long-term economic health.

BBC: Long-term thinking for the UK economy

Every clinician thinks they know the one best way to do whatever it is they do.

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Whatever one thinks of that project, the NRC was not the way to kill it.

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While most sports leagues are obsessed with controlling digital rights to their games, the NBA thinks it has a different answer, one that could radically change the way fans tune in to basketball and, in time, all other professional sports in America.

FORBES: The NBA Spreads Its Digital Wings

Now Ross thinks there could be something of a rebound on the way, but likely one that only lasts a short while before running out of steam.

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Ezra Klein, at the Washington Post, thinks there was just one moment when Democrats could have prevented the whole crisis, but it was way back after the 2010 election and before the new Congress took office in January 2010.

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One looks at a handsome young stage actor like Stephen Campbell Moore, who, as the hero, Adam Fenwick-Symes, has penetrating eyes, and one thinks, Why is this fine-looking young man behaving in such a feckless and stupid way?

NEWYORKER: Bright Young Things