Re: AltInst: Legislation insurance

From: Hal Finney <hal@rain.org>
Date: Tue Apr 21 1998 - 17:06:41 PDT

Damien R. Sullivan writes:
> Why isn't there legislation insurance, to help business hedge against
> changes in legislation?

It might be seen as immoral. Normally legislation is presented as
addressing some inequity or evil. Allowing people to insure against
such legislation would mean that they would benefit from the wrong they
were previously engaged in.

Hal

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