Word: exploitative
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...Paying the check by honor system has its risks; there are always those who will exploit the opportunity and eat for free - perhaps more so in big cities. At Babu, an Indian restaurant in New York City, the pay-what-you-feel-is-fair method resulted in too many people getting a free meal. One Friday night, a rowdy group of 10 young Indians walked in and took over the restaurant's large central table. Their response to no prices was to leave no money; not even a tip for the wait staff. Babu now states their prices. Birky...
...useful at the time of the American Revolution but is surely anachronistic now. Even Adam Smith said that when men of the same trade meet they conspire against the public. Friedman's thinking provides a rationalization for government to turn business loose and empower it to monopolize the market, exploit the consumer and pollute the environment. HARRY L. COOK Ashland...
...Demagogic leaders can exploit a host of religious texts to advocate the use of violence. Even Satan can recite Scripture. Perhaps we should be less concerned about the particular doctrinal precepts of Islam and more concerned about poverty and insufficient educational standards in the Middle East. Stephen D. Wagner III Massapequa Park, New York...
...Matsuzaka. He is just the latest and most desperate example of baseball’s free market run amok. Teams are all too willing to turn out their pockets thanks to power-agents like Boras, whose whole job is to drive a wedge between competing teams and then exploit their blood feud. A plague on both their houses...
...intruder conducted the attack. "Universities are particularly leaky boats," says Givens. "Their systems are highly decentralized and easily accessible by students, staff, even alumni and contractors." That makes it harder to ensure tight security. "Out of hundreds of applications, they found a small vulnerability and found a way to exploit it," Davis says. "Now the question is how the university stands up and responds...