The Rise of the Chiselers

The Rise of the Chiselers
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
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An early check-in at this $1,000-per-night hotel costs an extra $100. A late check-out is $100 per hour that you stay past 10 a.m. In the same hotel, there is a coffee maker, but a K-cup to put in it runs $4; it’s an incidental. If you use more than one towel, you will be charged for that, too. If you so much as touch the minibar, you will be looted.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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