In this town just about anything you can name that's worth doing is against the law. It works out better for everybody this way. Cops and politicians make their fortunes by looking the other way while crooks like Kadie get away with charging ten bucks a drink.

Rent-seeking and neo-noir: sweet.

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The author at Crescat Sententia in a related article titled Economists on Parade writes:

I will (hopefully!) not be blogging much until my Land Use Exam on Tuesday. Unfortunately, that does not mean I am not reading blogs in the interim. E.g.: Tyler Cowen on the betrayal of the 1994 Republican revolution. Bryan Caplan... [Tracked on May 8, 2005 11:26 AM]

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