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Keith Rankin Analysis – David Seymour is a Financial Mercantilist

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October 15, 2026

Keith Rankin writes; Mercantilism is both a narrative about what the elite world is (as opposed to what someone might wish it to be), and a prescription for success within that world. That prescription may be best summarised as 'mining money'.

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