To compare the present with the cold-war era , you have to use freedom house 's older , cruder index , which simply ranks countries as either " free " , " partly free " or " not free " .
Banks that have portfolios of trading positions which they reckon offset each other have to convince regulators that their risk models work or face being charged at a cruder , standardised rate .
Both of these groups leave to cruder minds the question whether existing wages are " fair . " The real question , they insist , is whether or not they will work .