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Read your Heinlien – TANSTAAFL

Posted by JD Thomas on December 30, 2008 in Techfun Comments Off

TANSTAAFL is an acronym for the adage “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” originating in the 1940s and later popularized by science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. In today’s column, Eugene Robinson explains how we could have all benefited from Heinlien’s advice when the housing sector went insane.