Are we seeing a new normal for Congress, or just the old one?

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Friday October 11, 2013 · 7:45 AM PDT

2013/10/11 · 07:45

In a recent Psychology Today article by Toni Berhand, J.D., she describes a phenomenon she calls "Good Old Days Syndrome." As I read the article I started thinking about our current mess in Congress -- reminiscing for those good old days when we used to set aside our differences to come together and solve big problems.

Or did we.

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Wednesday October 02, 2013 · 6:23 AM PDT

2013/10/02 · 06:23

What happens what individuals act rationally, economically so at least, yet the sum of their rational actions is irrational? The Prisoner's Dilemma in the economic subset of Game Theory describes the problem, yet offers no remedies. Are we seeing a Prisoner's Dilemma playing itself out on Capitol Hill?

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