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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Political Theory</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/8.aspx</link><description>Discussion of political theory.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Re: on government rent-seeking.</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/241353.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:59:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:241353</guid><dc:creator>Jon Irenicus</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/241353.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=8&amp;PostID=241353</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;If it is simultaneously lobbying for other firms not to be exempted, it is rent-seeking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>on government rent-seeking.</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/241351.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:51:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:241351</guid><dc:creator>fakename</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/241351.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=8&amp;PostID=241351</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;are there corporations that lobby for deregulation as we would understand it?&amp;nbsp; If so, is this considered to be the gaining of a rent, is it also really patronizing the services of the gov. (as a law producer) or is it getting the gov. to ignore its service (as a law producer)?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any answers!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>