In any human society, he said, parochial cartels and lobbies tend to accumulate over time, until they begin to SAP a country's economic vitality.

在书中他称，任何人类社会中，随着时间的流逝，小型卡特尔和游说集团有积聚增多的趋势，直到它们开始使一国的经济活力丧失殆尽为止。

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Until recently the market for football players was as parochial as any other European labour market.

ECONOMIST: Net pay

States could no longer resort to petty, parochial protectionism or violate legal agreements that they had entered into, despite any political inconvenience.

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