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Originally posted by ironweed
The British financial establishment's reaction to An Gorta Mor ensured that generations of Irish have been extremely skeptical of the market model and its promoters.
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Seems misplaced. The skepticism should have been directed at the British, who saw the Famine as a way to deal with the Irish Problem, and not at the market model. It's like blaming gravity after Hank throws you out of the plane.
