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‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’ dates back to the 19th century, when saloon and tavern owners advertised ‘free’ sandwiches and titbits to attract mid-day patrons. Anyone who ate without buying a beverage soon discovered that ‘free lunch’ wasn’t meant to be taken literally; he would be tossed out unceremoniously.
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Hessen, R. (2018). Free Lunch. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1179
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