Apparently prodded by the once-great Bruce Bartlett, little-known Bentley College economics professor Scott Sumner is the latest self-proclaimed intellectual in the world of tenure to take on the notion of a gold-defined dollar.

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Again, I think the notion of not being -- look, I guess you could take a couple of different tacks.

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We are also pragmatic and realistic and committed to the notion that we absolutely must take action before August 2nd in order to not create a situation where the United States could default on its obligations.

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There is a notion that men lose a piece of their masculinity when they want time off to take care of their families, when they need to go part time or decide to stay home altogether with their children in lieu of their career.

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"If you have a cancerous area such as in the brain, the notion is if you see something and take care of it, it won't spread, " said Parigger.

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So we shouldn't be spooked by this notion that, well, is now the time to take seriously in an intelligent way, not in a knee-jerk way, the challenge of financial regulatory reform so that you don't have banks that are too big to fail and you're not putting taxpayers at risk and you're not putting the economy at risk -- now is the time to do it.

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