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(...) And so there goes the myth presented by the anti-capitalists, these big fat cat tycoons light their cigars with $100 bills while their employees all slave away in sweat shops. Poor economic conditions in Iraq are the fault of the west? This is (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Do you extend that to intellectual property? The evidence suggests otherwise. (...) I would have thought that "The principal reason for the failure of capitalism to gain a stable foothold in most of the developing world" is the tendency for (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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so opines Khaled Saffuri, saying "For Iraq to be free, property must belong to its people.", in a editorial column in today's USA Today. (URL) view is also held by Hernando de Soto, and by me... quoting: - start - Iraq is not the only country (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, but the bullets had "freedom" written all over them... Scott A (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Given the dark news from Tel Aviv overnight, I thought this may be of interest to some: (URL) a study of the "logic" of suicide terrorism. The text is reviewed here: What makes a martyr? (URL) an economist, I try to understand the world in terms of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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