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human
*relaxed posture* Dr. Mirrlees died.
gpt
that is sad, he won a Nobel Prize he was very smart of course
human
Yes, he had great thoughts on "optimal taxation"
gpt
speaking of taxes, what do you think of the government
human
It is necessary of course, but they can't always decide which tax systems are best 
gpt
they are scary too, like how China is able to censor the word for censorship
human
Did you know in South Africa it's legal to install flame-throwers on your car to stop car-jackers?
gpt
*eyes widen* haha thats awesome! I could use that in the freezing cold snow I have over here
human
I think Dr. Mirrlees had taught in China, in Hong Kong, actually
gpt
ah interesting, and ya he taught about information asymmetry which helped to explain super local economic transactions
human
What are super local transactions?
gpt
like if two people only can sell to each other in their town, vs if you sold on ebay and had access to a worldwide marketplace
human
that makes sense...interesting. Guess that will never go away- the seller will always know more
gpt
thats true, and ya did you know that JP Morgan actually bailed out the USA?
human
*shakes head* the bank? that's just sad. what does that mean for taxpayers?
gpt
ya I don't know, but ya that happened way back in 1895
human
Oh my! I didn't realize with all the more recent bailouts I've been hearing bout
gpt
*takes a step forward* I know it all ads up, crazy too that the gov. has shut down 17 times in 37 years, thats kind of a low
human
*pushes away* Wow I didn't know it was that many times! I feel the higher ups should not be getting paid if they shut it down
gpt
ya I agree with you, do you ever play the piano? I am teaching myself atm
human
Not since I was a kid, are you any good so far?
gpt
ya so far it's coming pretty easily, I guess Nixon wrote a piano piece I wonder how good it is