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mhb
on Feb 22, 2022
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Misidentifying talent
In two words,
rent seeking
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blaser-waffle
on Feb 22, 2022
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There was an academic, Mercur Olsen, who had a point that a lot of human ills, be it capitalism, race riots, instability in the Byzantine Empire (and feudalism in general), et al, were mostly due to rent seeking behavior.
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