This lunacy as much as anything explains why the state's utilities are now on the verge of insolvency, compelled to buy power on the spot market.Yet at other times, the regulators naively expect the market to sort out the problems of transition by itself.
In another episode that suggests a governmental lunacy as profound as its barbarity, Argueta tells how soldiers burned the peasants' corn because they feared it was going to guerrillas.
We publicly celebrate the birth of a nation uniquely founded on individual liberty and limited government, yet we keep returning professional politicians to office that not only mock these ideals but portray them as dangerous lunacy, characterizing advocates as potential terrorists.
As with so many parenting matters, this is a practice that some people view as efficient and reasonable and others regard as complete lunacy.
Critics deride the scheme as economic lunacy and a boon for construction companies such as the one Mr Lee used to run, Hyundai Construction.
