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If I can buy a car today for $5,000 and it is worth $10,000 in extra income next year because it enables me to get a job as a traveling anvil seller, should I take out a loan out from Larry the Loan Shark at a 90% interest rate if no one else will give me a loan? Will I be better or worse off as a result of taking out this loan? Can you make a case for legalizing loan-sharking?

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Problem: If I can buy a car today for $5,000 and it is worth $10,000 in extra income next year because it enables me to get a job as a traveling anvil seller, should I take out a loan out from Larry the Loan Shark at a 90% interest rate if no one else will give me a loan? Will I be better or worse off as a result of taking out this loan? Can you make a case for legalizing ...

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