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Game Theory: Five lessons on politics and economics to be learned from the world of sports
The Prometheus Institute ^ | 8/23/2006 | M. Harrison

Posted on 08/23/2006 7:40:38 AM PDT by tang0r

This would be like if the Bengals, instead of drafting Carson Palmer, successfully lobbied the NFL to give them a two-touchdown handicap in every game. Under this football-socialism, the Bengals would still suck, and the level of talent in the NFL as a whole would stagnate. So will the American economy stagnate if its losers don't work harder at winning, instead of lamely trying to get paid for more losing.

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