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Somalian envoy: Quit paying pirates
2011-11-27
Posted by:ryuge

#1  As the Freakonomics boys are fond of saying, economics is all about incentives. When being a pirate is no longer a lucrative trade, piracy will stop. There are a number of paths to this end-game, but paying ransoms is not one of them.
Posted by: SteveS   2011-11-27 12:52  

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