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  • One might wonder why I used a non-transparent glaze here.

    Kater’s Art » 2010 » May 2010

  • "These non-transparent and possibly inefficient rules place our fragile economic recovery at risk while doing little to prevent a future crisis," he wrote.

    Collateral Rules Criticized Aaron Lucchetti 2011

  • Surprised, shocked and disappointed to learn that almost immediately after his inauguration, President Obama held secret meetings with the CEOs of Pfizer, Abbott, Merck and PhRMA, and made non-transparent deals to abandon his campaign promises to rein-in high drug prices.

    James Love: The 2010 Elections, Reflections, Lessons and Taking Stock James Love 2010

  • One might wonder why I used a non-transparent glaze here.

    Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Small Red Sliptrailed Cup 2010

  • You may recall that AIG, thanks to its non-transparent and heavy investments in derivatives, was almost bankrupt once the mortgage-backed securities it was insuring began to drop in value.

    Brad Feld: Another Day, Another Patent Troll Brad Feld 2011

  • I see two disturbing trends over the last decade or so - one is the push to privatize public assets and hand over entities and services once thought to be the domain of the public sector - trash collection, roads, bridges and parking meters - to the private sector in a series of non-transparent sweetheart deals that screw the taxpayers.

    Tom Tresser: Nonprofit Leaders Reply -- No Power in Sight Tom Tresser 2011

  • The Fed is incredibly non-transparent, so nobody is ever quite sure how much of a difference the non-Chair members of the board really make, but the Fed as an institution is arguably the most important element of the government.

    Matthew Yglesias » Fed Members Needed! 2010

  • Matt likes to complain about the “incredibly non-transparent” nature of the Fed and its failure to end unemployment.

    Matthew Yglesias » Fed Members Needed! 2010

  • I see two disturbing trends over the last decade or so - one is the push to privatize public assets and hand over entities and services once thought to be the domain of the public sector - trash collection, roads, bridges and parking meters - to the private sector in a series of non-transparent sweetheart deals that screw the taxpayers.

    Tom Tresser: Nonprofit Leaders Reply -- No Power in Sight Tom Tresser 2011

  • You may recall that AIG, thanks to its non-transparent and heavy investments in derivatives, was almost bankrupt once the mortgage-backed securities it was insuring began to drop in value.

    Brad Feld: Another Day, Another Patent Troll Brad Feld 2011

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