Felix Salmon traces the connections between Ben Stein's apparent view that conspiracies by nefarious hedge-funders brought down Bear Stearns, and Stein's cinematic efforts as a promoter of creationism "intelligent design".
"Premised largely on a repudiation of Occam's razor"
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



