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To: TimF who wrote (64688)3/10/2008 12:47:28 PM
From: mph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
WHAT DO ethanol and the subprime mortgage meltdown have in common? Each is a good reminder of that most powerful of unwritten decrees, the Law of Unintended Consequences - and of the all-too-frequent tendency of solutions imposed by the state to exacerbate the harms they were meant to solve.

Ain't that the truth!



To: TimF who wrote (64688)3/10/2008 8:36:42 PM
From: Sully-  Respond to of 90947
 
Excellent article Tim! That's a must read IMO.