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Systems Fixes That Made Things Worse

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 12 July 2026 · View published page ↗

Garbage piled in Naples created health crisis from quick fixes. Rent control reduced housing supply. Antibiotic overuse created resistant bacteria.

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In 1920, the United States ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholi…
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