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by konschubert
672 days ago
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You can make the same argument for, say, paying protection money to the Mafia or for paying the 30% apple tax. Just because it’s rational to pay off a monopolistic rent seeker doesn’t mean that the rent seeker generates economic value corresponding to the monopolistic rents they’re extracting. |
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