Brad, your comment, as usual was clever, but I was aiming at something
something else -- that our system is both extractive and exploitative.
Brad De Long wrote:
> >I was recently thinking about Robinson's call for reparations. Suppose
> >that United States was called upon to pay reparations for what they
> >imposed on the slaves, what they took from the indigenous people, the
> >damage that they caused through imperialism. How many years of gross
> >domestic product might be involved?
> >
> >--
> >Michael Perelman
>
> I'm still waiting for my reparations from the Revocation of the Edict of
> Nantes...
>
> Brad DeLong
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Michael Perelman
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