Zimbabwe

[Lorie Lanktree]

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From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]On Behalf Of
Christopher Browne
Sent: 21-Sep-06 12:45 PM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Zimbabwe


On 9/21/06, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Teddy David Mills wrote:
<snip>
> > In short, this is causing an almost collapse of the Internet in
Zimbabwe."

> Did anyone catch the reference to _LEGAL_ Internet service providers?
> I wonder what the illegal/underground ones are doing?
<snip>
Black markets tend to arise when the "public" markets break down due
to regulations that enforce uneconomic behaviours.  The Soviet Union
saw the phenomenon for a number of reasons; when they did heavy
price-fixing, things squeezed to black markets in several directions:
<snip>

Exactly!!
Once we get the government regulations out of the drug market the black
market in cocaine and heroin will magicly go away.


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