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Fri Mar 31 17:19:22 2006
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Steven Horwitz wrote:  
>Maybe so, but unlike the world of 1984, wikis are open so that such   
>tactics can be discovered, publicized, and corrected as you have shown   
>here.  Wikipedia has its problems, but it also has built-in correction   
>mechanisms as well.  Those of us who understand markets should recognize   
>the parallels.  
  
  
Right. Bandwagon effects, asset bubbles, cooordination failure eg.  (-;  
  
Kevin Quinn  
  
  
 

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