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Economics

You Don't Even Know What a Write-Off Is

Jesse Walker | 10.26.2010 10:20 AM

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The economics of Seinfeld.

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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  1. JW   15 years ago

    Awesome, but 7 pages? Maybe later.

    Does he get into Kramer's tragedy of the commons by driving golf balls into the ocean, followed by George's division of labor as a marine biologist?

  2. J sub D   15 years ago

    If I'd watched more than two episode of Seinfeld, this might be an interesting site.

    Alas, there was grass growing, paint drying, World Cup Soccer, and Carrot Top performances all vying equally for my time. Seinfeld came in 5th,

    1. Joe M   15 years ago

      Poor, wretched, ignorant soul.

    2. x,y   15 years ago

      Curb has ruined Seinfeld for me. Now I can watch the occasional episode, but I keep wishing LD would pop in with a pubic hair lodged in his throat.

    3. Name Nomad   15 years ago

      That's the functional equivalent of saying you could've lost your virginity in college, but decided to keep it because there was an ultimate frisbee tournament.

  3. the other alan   15 years ago

    No, but they do. And they're the ones writing it off!

  4. Matthew   15 years ago

    I wish I could get the last 30 seconds of my life back.

  5. Paul   15 years ago

    Awesome find.

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