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I just threw away hard copies of about 18% of all of the contingent valuation method papers ever published between 1976 and 2002. I'm trying to avoid any implication that this is a symbolic act.
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Shouldn't you have recycled them?
Posted by: Bob Murphy | May 17, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Depends on which 18 percent you threw away. How did you choose/value them? Were they perhaps so valueless that you preferred trash to recycling? :)
Posted by: David Zetland | May 17, 2008 at 01:27 PM
Bob,
Actually, it went into a recycling bin.
David,
It was all of my hard copies. I'm estimating it is about 18% of the total.
Posted by: John Whitehead | May 19, 2008 at 09:32 AM
Actually, it went into a recycling bin.
The real question is: will these materials help or hinder any dumpster diving identity thieves?
Posted by: joshua corning | May 19, 2008 at 01:07 PM