tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3400712940200634928..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Tyler Cowen: "Marx is the one theorist who has not yet been refuted."Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19347318295873662452018-05-13T19:34:05.037-04:002018-05-13T19:34:05.037-04:00Re: Phillip Martin,
--- If you think that the Sov...Re: Phillip Martin,<br /><br />--- If you think that the Soviet Union, or current China, are good examples (that is to say, accurate or intended implementations) of Marxism ---<br /><br />Your retort would have more weight if you made a token effort to correctly address my argument. I didn't say that today's China is an implementation of Marxianism. Mao's China, on the other hand, wasOldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7941606715981205592018-05-13T14:24:44.571-04:002018-05-13T14:24:44.571-04:00Surely Marx was a bad dude and a worse economist, ...Surely Marx was a bad dude and a worse economist, but I’m not sure if it’s quite fair to put him on par with actual mass murderers. It seems likely that, had Marx never written, they would have invoked the scribbles of some other petty little sophist to attempt to justify their crimes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19211743106168018962018-05-12T22:09:35.324-04:002018-05-12T22:09:35.324-04:00I think Marx is solidly in the infamous 5 for the ...I think Marx is solidly in the infamous 5 for the pain he has inflicted on humanity with his twisted mindset. Tight up there with Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini <br /><br />If I knew where he was buried I would find a way to get there and spit on his grave. Shegottawideloadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752677440246325222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64581246831632605852018-05-12T18:42:25.057-04:002018-05-12T18:42:25.057-04:00LOL. Isn't that always the excuse. The diffe...LOL. Isn't that always the excuse. The difference is that bad examples of Capitalism may have problems but bad examples of Marxism are so terrible, you'd have to be either a complete psychopath or fool to think it is a good thing.<br />Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66832313764316541342018-05-12T13:09:12.200-04:002018-05-12T13:09:12.200-04:00If you think that the Soviet Union, or current Chi...If you think that the Soviet Union, or current China, are good examples (that is to say, accurate or intended implementations) of Marxism, you're stupider than the usual bollocks that flows from your finger tips portrays. Phil Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388842760197647912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28305270143092509682018-05-11T20:33:33.070-04:002018-05-11T20:33:33.070-04:00Or the book Gulag Archipelago
Or the book Gulag Archipelago<br /><br />AJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199742607749169526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75090946138295376502018-05-11T20:18:29.168-04:002018-05-11T20:18:29.168-04:00Damned with faint praise.Damned with faint praise.Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49092062357334143992018-05-11T18:59:40.668-04:002018-05-11T18:59:40.668-04:00Matthew Yglesias used to refer to Cowen as a "...Matthew Yglesias used to refer to Cowen as a "thoughtful mainstream libertarian".Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2151032596464633792018-05-11T15:18:24.349-04:002018-05-11T15:18:24.349-04:00--- Tyler Cowen: But when it comes to China, Marx ...--- Tyler Cowen: But when it comes to China, Marx is the one theorist who has not yet been refuted. ---<br /><br />"When it comes to China", Marx was not only refuted but discarded like a dirty pair of tighty whitees. Mao and the Maoists were the direct result of Marx's wrongheaded notions about history and economics.<br /><br />Marx was refuted 130 years ago, Mr. Cowen, by OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.com