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Article: The avuncular state - The new paternalism.(A smarter, softer kind of paternalism is coming into style)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2006
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A smarter, softer kind of paternalism is coming into style
THE Admiral is one of 11 riverboat casinos on the waterways of Missouri, where riverine gambling was legalised in May 1994. The casinos attract more than 25m visits a year. But close to 10,000 people are barred for life from gambling on the riverboats. If they breach this ban, they face arrest for trespassing and the confiscation of their winnings. These riverboat exiles are not cheats or paupers. Rather, they suffer from a gambling compulsion--a ruinous addiction to risk. The state of Missouri is stopping them for their own good.
If gambling, or drunkenness, or incontinence, or idleness, or ...
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