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   Anton to All   
   Re: Socialism or Capitalism: What is bet   
   15 Aug 08 14:18:22   
   
   XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
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   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   James A. Donald kirjoitti:   
   > On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:28:24 +0300,   wrote:   
   >   
   > David Friedman kirjoitti:   
   >>> By offering stuff on terms that make it profitable.   
      
   > Anton   
   >> Touché. That's what the Soviets did.   
      
   > Not what they did.  What they did is offer IOUs for stuff that would   
   > make it profitable if they eventually got around to honoring those   
   > IOUs within a reasonable time.   
      
   Sales receivables are not too uncommon in business...   
      
   --   
   Anton   
      
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