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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
If you can create net welfare gains, the winners should be able to -- in effect -- buy off the losers. That this does not happen may be because the would-be winners are too focused on staking a claim to all of the gains.
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Huh? I'm not sure what you mean by "net welfare gains," but wouldn't this just nullify any efficiencies gained? In other words, if you are suggesting that we redirect the gains don't we simply, at best, maintain the status quo?