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This was left in the comments of this post on the problems facing the Canadian health care system, I've looked at the data, lived in various countries in Europe, as well as Canada and the US, and I don't see the bogey-man that many who fear public heal ...
The Health Care Market, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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• He's actually come out against doing something about Chinese currency manipulation, invoking that old bogey-man trade war.
Ian Fletcher: The Disappointing Economics of Rick Santorum Ian Fletcher 2012
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• He's actually come out against doing something about Chinese currency manipulation, invoking that old bogey-man trade war.
Ian Fletcher: The Disappointing Economics of Rick Santorum Ian Fletcher 2012
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• He's actually come out against doing something about Chinese currency manipulation, invoking that old bogey-man trade war.
Ian Fletcher: The Disappointing Economics of Rick Santorum Ian Fletcher 2012
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What Numbers brings out so clearly in his chapter is the way in which the theory of evolution was socially transformed into a bogey-man for virtually anyone who had an axe to grind.
Dr. Denis Alexander: How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate 2010
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What Numbers brings out so clearly in his chapter is the way in which the theory of evolution was socially transformed into a bogey-man for virtually anyone who had an axe to grind.
Dr. Denis Alexander: How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate Dr. Denis Alexander 2010
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What Numbers brings out so clearly in his chapter is the way in which the theory of evolution was socially transformed into a bogey-man for virtually anyone who had an axe to grind.
Dr. Denis Alexander: How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate Dr. Denis Alexander 2010
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Yes, I'd noticed that 'socialist' had replaced 'liberal' as the bogey-man word ...
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However, the weary marriage counselor knows that finding a bogey-man and leaving it there isn't going to get this couple out of their troubles.
Robin Wells: Hard Truths and the Teachable Moment: The Gates-Crowley Saga 2009
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It suited the US and the UK to pin the blame on everybody's favourite bogey-man, Colonel Gaddhafi.
Nationalism and Megrahi Jeff 2009
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