But the scholars also say the legislation contains flaws that have resulted from political imperatives rather than sound economic thinking.
The utilitarian logic of Mr. Krugman's article is that even if the movie contains "flaws," Mr. Moore advances the cause of an alternative view of events that the media abandoned.
Secondly, like other structural materials, calcified bone tissue contains flaws that, under load, can precipitate cracks leading to failure.
Besides that, the most promising representative, the Matérn hardcore point process (HCPP), contains flaws that still have to be addressed [113 116].
He declined to release a copy, saying it was incomplete and contained flaws, including a misspelling of his name.
But the education bills moving through Congress contain flaws that will make this goal difficult to achieve.
Dr. Bromley also said that in his view, the Kyoto accord contained flaws unrelated to climate science that fully justified its rejection.
By comparison, "constructed orders" often contain flaws because attempts by planners to redesign, create, or plan social institutions often have unintended, unanticipated, or adverse consequences.
Ms. Hutchison also said the bill contained flaws that would benefit people "beyond the intended individuals who were brought here as children and grew up and were educated in the United States".
One glaring flaw, notes Rebecca Mercuri, a Harvard-affiliated computer scientist, is that the standards do not require examination of any commercial, off-the-shelf software used in voting machines, even though it can contain flaws that put the integrity of the whole system in doubt.
The PCC's director, Stephen Abell said the article contained flaws, but the commission had decided: "It would not be proportionate to rule against the columnist's right to offer freely expressed views about something that was the focus of public attention".
