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- Spend and Deliver: Sorry, Health Care Reform Means Higher Taxes , by The Editors
- TNR Flashback: How 'Freakonomics' Is Ruining the Dismal Science, by Noam Scheiber
- Democrats Are Starting Down a Big Problem With Young Voters, by E.J. Dionne Jr.
- TNR Debate: Lawrence Lessig Lets His Transparency Critics Have It, by Lawrence Lessig
- The Behind-the-Scenes Feud Between 'The Washington Post' and 'The New York Times', by Gabriel Sherman
- Beyond Detroit: The Long Shadow of the Auto Industry Collapse, by Howard Wial
- Can We Recreate the Mayo Clinic's Success on a Nationwide Scale? by Harold Pollack
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