Now, you may think we are being too hard on Bernanke and Trichet, that they will someday cease their money printing exploits, when as they say the economic data permits.

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So if, for instance, as a benign god, you think your people are working too hard in the fields, and decide to provide them with a loaves-and-fishes miracle, they will stop working, assuming that they can now depend on miracles for food.

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Electric cars like the coming Tesla sound intriguing as long as you don't think too long or hard about the weight, durability and cost of batteries.

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