Carolina QuotesPeople who are cheaters, swindlers who can take advantage, especially of poor people... [who] do not have the education... the information. They cannot afford to buy the information so they get the short end of the stick... [O]pportunistic behavior is a big problem in the economy, and economists are not paying... attention...
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- A Progressive View on the Need for a Paradigm Shift in Economics (Dec 2020)
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- 2020
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