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Re:An economist explains what is happening to the global eco... by danieltillett on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @04:38AM (#8661663)
The job of economics is to justify why the rich should remain rich. The really good economists can even come up with a plausible story that this is just. Economist would have been B Ark Golgafrinchans.
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Re:An economist explains what is happening to the global eco... by ommunist on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @05:13AM (#8661742)
This is a good one. The recent research (I mean real research) gives a clue on how riches do it -- http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-014-9219-y/f... . By passing wealth to direct kin and fiercely protecting it.
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Re:An economist explains what is happening to the global eco... by danieltillett on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @05:58AM (#8661828)
Yes economists are one of the phalanxes of mercenaries hired to enable this to happen. I am still amazed that the rich have managed to pull this off, but they do get the best advisers money can buy.
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