The basic thinking is similar to that behind other platforms that help aspiring entrepreneurs secure funding for their ideas.

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This history reflects the more basic budget math that eludes most static thinking commentators, especially the pie chart lady Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post. (Pie charts of the budget reflect the most static thinking).

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This sort of thinking ignores the basic incentives driving all politicians irrespective of ideology to always and everywhere increase the burden of government.

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The thinking is so basic, yet so profound and so essential.

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His Basic Economics and Applied Economics are excellent introductions to the economic way of thinking.

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One basic problem here: our collective thinking on these issues is stuck in the past.

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If you have an aging parent or loved one with any form of mild cognitive impairment, early dementia or other disease that affects thinking and judgment, here are seven basic things family can do to reduce the risks of ripoff.

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