The Kurds are unlikely to feel contented in any of these countries, even if their governments became models of moderation, without a generous measure of autonomy in the regions in which they predominate.

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However, as with everything, some moderation is better than use without restraint, and of course there are costs as there are benefits.

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First the supply-side economics of the Great Moderation proved superior to Keynesianism, producing good growth without the bouncing around that somehow did bedevil the Keynesian era.

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