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For anyone with libertarian instincts, Virginia Postrel’s post about John McCain makes for disturbing reading. The key sentence: McCain is an instinctive regulator who considers business a base pursuit. I was fortunate enough to chat with Virginia yesterday, and during the chat, an interesting question arose: if McCain is an insinctive regulator, but appoints those ...
For anyone with libertarian instincts, Virginia Postrel's post about John McCain makes for disturbing reading. The key sentence: McCain is an instinctive regulator who considers business a base pursuit. I was fortunate enough to chat with Virginia yesterday, and during the chat, an interesting question arose: if McCain is an insinctive regulator, but appoints those less inclined to regulate, which policy wins out?
For anyone with libertarian instincts, Virginia Postrel’s post about John McCain makes for disturbing reading. The key sentence:
McCain is an instinctive regulator who considers business a base pursuit.
I was fortunate enough to chat with Virginia yesterday, and during the chat, an interesting question arose: if McCain is an insinctive regulator, but appoints those less inclined to regulate, which policy wins out?
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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