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> This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.

Why do they publish this then?

to bring diversity of opinion to the newspaper, that's where "op-eds" got their name from, literally opposite the editorial board.

> to bring diversity of opinion to the newspaper

But the author of the article is a bloomberg employee.

> that's where "op-eds" got their name from, literally opposite the editorial board.

No. It got it's name from being "opposite of the editorial page". Not the editorial board.