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Archive for October, 2008
Everybody protects her rent
October 3rd, 2008 by taxpayer
Everyone who gets to privately collect some of the rent wants to protect his take. So we read, in the Sept-Oct issue of Progress, that among the Exxon Valdez plaintiffs were “[f]ishermen who held $300,000 commercial fishing permits for salmon and/or herring fisheries at the time of the spill [who] now own pieces of paper worth around 10% of their former value.”
Boom Bust Bailout
October 3rd, 2008 by taxpayer
Henry George had a lot to say about economic meltdowns, and it’s time to review.
What causes a meltdown?
