Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG
…to find an outlet and a voice. Instead, Brooks returns to his typology of number crunching versus psychology. The Washington political class has spent the past week going into made-for-TV hysterics over $165 million in A.I.G. bonuses. We’re in the middle of a multitrillion-dollar crisis, and our political masters—always willing to throw themselves into any issue that is understandable on cable television—have decided to risk destroying the entire…
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