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From: Rodrigo
Subject: You are a racist if you are against minimum wage!
Hi, I’m a student from brazil and I am just loving to whach the speech you gave at loyola university in 2008. The topic of this e-mail is a statment I hear almos every time I try to argue against minimum wage, saying that it hurts the low productivity employees. Back in my tropical country the ideals are inverted, 70% of teachers are leftists, and 30% are keynsians. I find hard to show people a austrian perspective, most people ate not at all interested in debate of ideas.
We find you brilliant because enviroment regulation here is abusive, the good side of my country is that almost no one follows the government rules. I would like to hear from you strategies on how to make people interested on ideas.
You are my favorite economics teacher, because of the way you explain stuff, it seems so simple when it comes out of your mouth, haha.
Kind regards,
Rodrigo
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Dear Rodrigo:
Did I ever respond to this magnificent letter of yours to me?
It has been a while. What are you up to, nowadays?
Best regards,
Walter
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From: Rodrigo
To: Walter Block <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: hello and thank you
Hey Walter,
So good to hear from you!
I´ve come a long way since 2015, I was only 18 back then. I have now founded a Recruiting and Selecting Company here in Brazil but am still very engaged in the public policy debate.
I would love to collaborate with you in the future, you were the single most influential individual that helped create my view about public policy and economic growth.
I am very grateful for that and would love to collaborate with you in any way possible. My main skills are Personnel Recruiting and Selecting and Analysing Individuals Work Capabilities and Potential. Please let me know if we can collaborate in any way!
Best regards,
Rodrigo
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Dear Rodrigo:
Let’s stay in touch. Something will come up. I’ve just been invited to speak in Brazil. That’s a small place, right? (J). Perhaps we can meet when I get there. I’ll keep you posted.
Best regards,
Walter
4:02 am on February 8, 2023
