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The income-verification police: Part 2, investigation
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.] By: David A. Smith Yesterday’s post explored the economic intrusiveness of income verification via Alphonse Fletcher’s attempt to buy a fifth apartment in New...
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Prove yourself worthy: Part 1, complicated economic words
By:David A. Smith We bond in tribes, and before we admit the stranger into the tribe, he must undergo a trial – a test both to prove himself worthy in our sight and to demonstrate his commitment to...
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Prove yourself worthy: Part 2, simple economic actions
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.] By:David A. Smith Yesterday we heard stories of procedural torture offered by some condo-buyer applicants who found themselves undergoing grueling examinations...
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The myth-maker: Part 1, the appearance of wealth
By:David A. Smith 2) You can’t cheat an honest customer, but it never hurts to try. Ferengi Rules of Acquisition Let us suppose, as Leopold Bloom once said to Max Bialystock, that you are a...
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The myth-maker: Part 2, the disappearance of wealth
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 1.] By:David A. Smith Yesterday’s post, using a prurient-interest story from Fortune (October 25, 2012) that played up the nasty allegations and played down the...
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