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Example of Featherbedding

Assume that no job vacancies exist for the taxidermists, which students lack any interest in taxidermy, and that taxidermy produces no externalities. When lobbyists persuaded college Boards of Trustees to need taxidermy courses and to establish Departments of Taxidermy staffed by Ph.D. taxidermists, this would be an illustration of: (1) job stuffing. (2) Featherbedding. (3) Yellow dogging. (4) Carpet bagging. (5) Goose-stepping.

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