"Shopworn panaceas"

George Will today:

Shopworn panaceas -- larger teacher salaries, smaller class sizes -- were pursued as colleges were reduced to offering remediation to freshmen.

Ebeneezer Scrooge, 1843:

Shopworn panaceas—food, drink—were pursued as Londoners were dying of starvation and thirst.

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