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Byrne Hobart · 19 Sept 2026

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  1. it is simply ridiculous that a ruinously expensive policy can be budget-neutral if the expense consists of wasted time rather than wasted money. But that's still a cost!
  2. It's not a blanket case against recycling: recycled metals are still valuable, but plastics mostly aren't.
  3. banks can't globalize the way other firms can because the banking system is so close to a form of sovereignty: governments very carefully guard the privilege to create more money, and when they give it out, there are strings attached.

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