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dandanuayesterday at 8:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

It increases GDP. Also, have you seen the Dow?


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 8:37 PM

> It increases GDP

I want this rigorously studied.

If it does, I’m more open to it. I don’t think it does. It’s a minuscule industry, macroeconomically spwaking, with massive negative externalities. I think regulating the marketing and conduct of industries proximate to addiction is something productive societies do. (On the other side of the spectrum we have the Qing.)

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