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Re: Confidentiality Policies
On Sat, 11 May 1996 PCK11399@centum.utulsa.edu wrote:
> After reading many messages posted on this matter by Lewis, I have come to
> the understanding that he, like so many econonists (as in Law and Economics)
> refuse to give proper value to intangibles, like privacy.
Actually, Lewis isn't an economist. He's a dentist. I'm the
economist. But you are correct, the economics profession often discounts
the importance of things that aren't, can't or should not be counted in
dollars.
jamie
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