Gennady Stolyarov, a Nevada insurance regulator, said in an email that officials "hope that this is just the beginning" of an effort to improve consumers' ability to comparison-shop for insurance.
Music critic Greil Marcus once likened The Mendoza Line to an American-made Mekons, but it appears that the comparison doesn't apply to the bands' respective ability to survive breakups and line-up shifts over time.
Whether in absolute or relative terms, whether in comparison to our own experience or the performance of our competitors, America's wealth-producing ability has been diminished.