| | NPR pits opposing views in debates called "Intelligence Squared."
Noriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr. Doom" (for predicting our recession) was coming off of a win in a debate about whether it was Washington (D.C.) or Wallstreet that got us into this mess. Noriel got cocky and thought he could even take on Art Laffer in a debate.
Needless to say, it didn't turn out too well for Noriel.
An empowering fact was that education shifted the default positions people held -- more people being against the idea that government was overstepping its bounds and, after getting more information, reversing their positions. On a straight assumption of shifted numbers, almost all undecided people jumped into the free market camp.
The debate video, and tabulated results, are at:
http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/big-govt/
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