Bronze Age societies forgave agricultural debt to keep cultivators working on their land, able to pay taxes and work in the military and on public projects. Lenders were seen as greedy and exploitative.
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Read more...Amid hysterical comparisons between Senator Bernie Sanders and Mao Zedong, the Council of Economic Advisers unwittingly makes a solid case for socialist policies.
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Read more...Will the Democrats get out of their own way?
Read more...A critique of the bad-model-induced fear-mongering over Italy’s proposed budget deficits
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