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novalis comments on How should negative externalities be handled? (Warning: politics) - Less Wrong Discussion

-5 Post author: nigerweiss 08 May 2013 09:40PM

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Comment author: novalis 11 May 2013 01:17:44AM 0 points [-]

There were things to do with money -- but not a whole lot, because there were shortages of just about everything you might want. And of course, if you can't actually buy a washing machine with money (leaving aside the massive black market, of course), there's not much reason to work hard at your job producing washing machines.