just to make it more difficult for them to operate. Shaaf also says that the government has been using whatever laws it can to shut down organizations dedicated to civic activism.

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But many Republicans genuinely equate Fed bond-buying with reckless government activism leading to rampant inflation.

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Government activism in private sector business restructurings, including the bankruptcy restructuring of Japan Airlines, is criticized as unhealthy.

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Political debates tend to pit partisans of the two syndromes against each other: government activism vs. the free market.

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