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Archive of new national bureau of economic research working. Greed will continue until the garden of eden arrives, when everything is superabundant, and we dont have to worry about economics at all. In other words, greed simply means that you are trying to relieve the nature given scarcity that man was born with. Journal of economic literature american economic association. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Review by dennis epple in journal of economic literature september, 2019.
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