In fact it impoverishes your economy whenever you get less value or pay more money.

FORBES: We buy local produce because it is better, not because it is local

Regardless of good intentions, the result impoverishes everyone depending on how much force is applied.

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However, buying exclusively within a specific geographic region impoverishes the local economy.

FORBES: Is There A Moral Case for "Buy American"?

Think of it: It's not so much the lack of capitalist ethos that impoverishes the people of Peru or Madagascar, but the lack of durable capital that can be traded back and forth.

FORBES: Waking Dead Capital

In this vein, copyright terms should be shortened, as the current term of 70 years or more provides no incentive for new work and impoverishes culture by interfering with the way in which art builds upon art.

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