Punitive damages are damages that aren't just trying to make somebody whole, but they're extra damages that are put on somebody because they did something bad and you're trying to discourage other people from doing these bad things and maybe even just punish the person or the corporation because you think they deserve it.

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The banks then turn around and loan that money out to other people who need that money to buy things or operate their businesses.

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Instead, they went on "reputation, " which is to say they acquired their faith in Mr. Madoff more or less the way people acquire their faith in global warming and many other things, from people equally as ignorant as they.

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The intelligence in the ThingShapes can monitor for relevant business events, compare them to past results, and notify the industrial social network of people and other things about important events such as a quality problem, a machine failure, or a late order.

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