But old-fashioned unrealistic expectations have also played a role.

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But they also rest on assumptions about government spending that are not merely implausible but wholly unrealistic.

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At Via Meadia, we think there really is such a thing as climate change, but we also believe that there are plenty of emotionally unbalanced greens whose unrealistic climate alarmism gets in the way of thoughtful policy debate.

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