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Sturm: The Pope and Sanders: Misguided economic missionaries
The Aspen Times ^ | October 8, 2015 | Melanie Sturm

Posted on 10/08/2015 8:47:05 AM PDT by LibertysWordsmith

If only Pope Francis were in my Buenos Aires taxi last Christmas.

I could have used his moral authority (and Argentine-accented Spanish) in negotiating with a driver who’d forgotten the Golden Rule. And in witnessing my struggle, the self-described “very allergic to economics” pontiff might have gleaned a moral lesson, helping him Think Again about the free-enterprise system he’s criticized.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: argentina; pope; poverty; sanders

1 posted on 10/08/2015 8:47:05 AM PDT by LibertysWordsmith
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To: LibertysWordsmith

Another good article by Melanie Sturm. Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 10/08/2015 9:26:27 AM PDT by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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