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Normally issued only to legal Cambridge residents, the three-dollar permits have been selling for $40 to $75 on the black market to commuting businessmen, Monago said. "Three parking tickets cost $45. An illegal permit pays for itself in three days," said Monago...
...capitalism faces a devastating problem. If businessmen are motivated simply by the pursuit of profit and are willing to use any means at their disposal, then perhaps the free market ought to be abolished...
...argument betrays the same foolish attitude that it is impossible to interfere with capitalism constructively, that we must choose between censorship and indifference. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The fact that Swedish workers are granted family allowances while Americans are not, in no way indicates that Swedish businessmen like money less than their American counterparts. Rather, it demonstrates that Swedish workers have organized politically to ensure that their demands will...
...other local businessmen say Charles Square mall--along with the Charles Hotel, luxury condominiums and office space--has extended shopping, business and residential opportunities to what was previously a little used commercial part of the Square. "Their presence enhances the rest of Harvard Square," says Sally Alcorn, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association...
...consumer price increases, and imposed a tax on coffee, the country's main export, to pay for the war. With an average per capita income of $535, El Salvador now faces as much as 50% unemployment, up to 40% inflation and a flight of capital as wary businessmen invest overseas. To make matters worse, half a million people have been forced from their homes by the war. The earthquake, which killed as many as 1,500 people, left more than 100,000 homeless and damaged 70% of all government buildings in the capital, slowing official business. Says Communications Minister Julio...