tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post3069540377551710795..comments2024-03-28T03:14:51.294-05:00Comments on Dad29: The Place of EconomicsDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-42987982087398440932008-02-12T16:10:00.000-06:002008-02-12T16:10:00.000-06:00...and if you really want to have fun, just search......and if you really want to have fun, just search on "Club for growth" on my blog.<BR/><BR/>They are truly moronic folks...Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-43556785499312251202008-02-12T16:08:00.000-06:002008-02-12T16:08:00.000-06:00For more contrarian economic thought on "free trad...For more contrarian economic thought on "free trade" (particularly w/PRChina) read the econ letter from the chief economist at HarrisBank/Chicago.<BR/><BR/>The "free market" econowonks would have the USA repeal the FLSA and all OSHA regs, too.<BR/><BR/>We can agree, I think, that more regulation is not necessarily good--and that some regs could be dropped with no problems.<BR/><BR/>But we will also agree that the "Club for Growth" mentality is antithetical to the US' national interests.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-70716280130459164682008-02-12T13:49:00.000-06:002008-02-12T13:49:00.000-06:00Thanks Daddio, that was some good stuff. Especial...Thanks Daddio, that was some good stuff. Especially the link to the NYT's article. I didn't know there was a name for the brand of economic thought I subscribe to. Todays new word is "heterodoxy".<BR/><BR/>The best line of the article was at the end:<BR/><BR/>"voicing any skepticism or doubt provides “ammunition to the barbarians,” he said, and allows narrow-minded people to “hijack any argument to suit their purpose.” <BR/><BR/>Mr. Rodrik said he used to worry about this until he realized that “on any issue, there are barbarians on both sides,” so there was no point in shading an argument to “suit one set of barbarians over the other.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com