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Laffer curve

This is the Laffer curve, which was promoted by one late 20th century president, Ronald Reagan, and ridiculed by another, George H. W. Bush, as "voodoo economics."

omg i'm pretty sure the graph here is UPSIDE DOWN

—p.149 Markets and Energy Landscapes (143) by Jaron Lanier
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I love competing in the market

I'm no Marxist. I love competing in the market, and the last thing I'd want is to live under communism. My wife grew up with it in Minsk, Belarus, and I am absolutely, thoroughly convinced of the misery. But if you select the right passages, Marx can be read as being incredibly current.

—p.136 Third Interlude: Modernity Conceives the Future (123) by Jaron Lanier
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are our fortunes only temporary?

[...] If everything will be free, why are we trying to corner anything? Are our fortunes only temporary? Will they become moot when we're done?

—p.128 Third Interlude: Modernity Conceives the Future (123) by Jaron Lanier
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