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Untouchable economic policies harbor massive flaws

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Sacred cows are deeply entrenched ideas that nobody is allowed to question, even when they actively destroy efficiency. Tradition continually overrides objective mathematical reality.

Untouchable economic policies harbor massive flaws
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