Those subsidies have also led to a strong sense of discrimination in the job market.

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Price discrimination, points out Mr Odlyzko, makes economic sense.

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Affirmative action, no less than any other form of discrimination, is a bad idea which for a brief time made some sense.

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The case for this law is pretty common sense: knowing what their coworkers make will give employees bargaining power, and may even prevent discrimination.

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