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Part two identified the economists' misdefinition of money as credit, subject to collapse in a crisis, as their primary error and source of so many wrong-headed public policy decisions they influence.
Stephen Zarlenga: Part III: How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable Stephen Zarlenga 2011
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Part two identified the economists' misdefinition of money as credit, subject to collapse in a crisis, as their primary error and source of so many wrong-headed public policy decisions they influence.
Stephen Zarlenga: Part III: How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis and Must Now Be Held Accountable Stephen Zarlenga 2011
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And not in the all-too-common misdefinition of the word as a synonym for special.
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I have even defended you at times, stating that I do not think you are a socialist, that I think is is the misdefinition of socialism that was the problem.
unknown title 2009
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It is difficult to explain to a non-Brit just how funny this misdefinition is -- almost as funny as Webster's attempt at defining wicket-keeper: "the player in cricket who stands with a bat to protect the wicket from the ball."
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The article by ID critic Hector Avalos then goes on to give the misdefinition of intelligent right out of the NCSE’s playbook the National Center for Selling Evolution The definition succinctly presents ID as an argument from incredulity that appeals to a supernatural agent when in fact ID appeals to positive evidence for design and merely detects design, leaving the question of the designer’s identity to religion.
Oops, DI's Freudian Slip is showing... - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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