Ezra Klein defined epistemic closure as: the conditions necessary for a political movement to fool itself into believing whatever’s convenient. Which makes mine and Jonathan Bernstein‘s continued frustration at the blissful ignorance of the GOP towards Democratic deficit reduction measures quixotic: Remember the mantra from Brad DeLong that I’m fond of quoting, but which I’ll paraphrase this … Continue reading Why Can’t Right-Wingers Recognize Democratic Efforts to Tackle the Deficit?