COVID Ushers in Stimulus. The Taxman Follows.

COVID Ushers in Stimulus. The Taxman Follows.
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Theodore Dalrymple
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A crisis is always an opportunity and whatever happens, someone benefits. John Maynard Keynes pointed out long ago that rapid inflation always puts the financial boot on different feet: creditors lose and debtors gain.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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