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Aucbonyx.247 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:Onyx:jmrubin Mon Feb 1 15:36:32 1982 Government Funding of Exploration (previous article)

(Adding blank lines due to netnews screwup) As I recall, off hand, the British East India Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, and the British West India Company were NOT supported by laissez-faire types. They supported MERCANTILISM which was precisely what laissez-faire types were against.

Joel Rubin

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