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  • […] Salt and the taste of food The People versus the Interests, the general welfare versus factional privileges–out of that conflict comes much of the sound and fury of American politics, or of any politics organized as representative democracy. The problem arises because what is in the interest of some people may not be in, or may even be adverse to, the interest of others; yet in many cases, government can establish only a single condition, which all parties must live with, for better or worse. — Robert Higgs (1944-) American Economist, Historian and Author […]