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The current paternalistic solution to information 'have-nots' is public education, which we now hold responsible (although not accountable) for teaching our children how to keep their fingernails clean, how to tie their shoes, how to prevent pregnancy, how to manage their personal finances, how to avoid using drugs, etc.
Against Paternalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Every kid whose parents are want-nots is exposed to it at school, on TV and through friends.
Against Paternalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I am curious whether the first generation of post-mortals will be able to successfully tie up capital and rent-seek such that the divide between haves and have-nots is between them, and everyone born after them.
Would Ageless People be Libertarian?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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What appeals to me most about this private girls school tale featuring the haves and have nots, is the story strives to avoid afterschool special cliches.
What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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Meanwhile, I note that the center-right status quo view on the whole region is tied up in nots of contradiction.
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It rejects the status-quo of the have and have-nots, is compassionate and helpful to the most-disadvantaged, looks to creating a more prosperous future for the entire world (not just the developed north and west), and uses that prosperity as a way to leverage other progresssive causes.
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The idea that the growing chasm between haves and have nots is completely lost on the GOP.
Think Progress » Boehner Raising More From Lobbyists And Corporate PACs Than DeLay 2006
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WIPO deserves to get kicked around for its suport of greed and its contribution to the eventual wars, revolutions and terrorism that will come if a proper balance between the few haves and the many have nots is not reached.
WIPO – What is it? 2005
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The gap between the haves and the have-nots is increasing everyday.
Balkinization 2004
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The gap between the haves and the have-nots is increasing everyday.
Balkinization 2004
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