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Can this be true?

Via Captain’s Quarters, in response to the Rasmussen poll question

Did Bush know about the 9/11 attacks in advance?

allegedly 35% of American Democrats answered “yes” and another 26% said they are not sure.

If that’s accurate, America’s system for communicating facts and ideas is seriously broken. I’m wondering if that breakdown might be related to the following dilemma. If you are a liberal elected official or opinion maker who is shown evidence of such massive delusion, do you (a) try to correct it, or (b) try to exploit it?

Weekend links

Assorted links to updates on some of the stories we’ve been following at Econbrowser, including declining Saudi Arabian oil production, the role of mortgage-backed securities, and pressures on public pension funds to take on additional risks.

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