Free Market
Author:
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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The Free Market 13, no. 11 (November 1995) In the story of Rumpelstiltskin, an evil dwarf saves the life of a king’s bride by spinning flax into gold. But the price is high for performing this seeming miracle. She must give the dwarf her first-born child. The story could be an allegory for the “micro-credit” movement, the current enthusiasm of