tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8759066568436769752..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Paul Krugman's Wife as a Hater of Free MarketsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56129771374498371322011-11-22T07:38:38.088-05:002011-11-22T07:38:38.088-05:00'Limitations' relates to 'free markets...'Limitations' relates to 'free markets' in a similar manner as 'flames' relates to 'water'.<br /><br />Free markets are by definition markets without limitations.<br /><br />If you see a limitation in a market - it is not a free market.<br /><br />I think it is simple enough, no need to try to find a black cat in a dark room, especially when it is not there.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24134184164644829602011-11-22T07:10:01.842-05:002011-11-22T07:10:01.842-05:00Well said! What it shows is that Robin Wells doesn...Well said! What it shows is that Robin Wells doesn't even know the definition of a free market (i.e. The array of voluntary exchanges that take place in society between two people or between groups of people represented by agents of goods and/or services). And of course that doesn't work!?! One needs the government bureaucrat in order to figure out how these exchanges should take place!<Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966723937239997695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23410280445520692672011-11-22T01:26:21.044-05:002011-11-22T01:26:21.044-05:00Sounds like Pelosi blaming "Laissez Faire&quo...Sounds like Pelosi blaming "Laissez Faire" policies. If this has been their idea of hands-off, I cringe to think of what their hands-on "solution" is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-92030415400739700192011-11-21T21:14:49.095-05:002011-11-21T21:14:49.095-05:00My econ professors always told me (when pressed) t...My econ professors always told me (when pressed) that the mathematical models are just approximations and don't really reflect real life. Now actual markets only have "conceptual importance". What are you really learning in a mainstream university econ program? <br /><br />Not one of these people will even briefly entertain the idea that central banking is creating a Soviet like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36434040517628491972011-11-21T19:33:07.959-05:002011-11-21T19:33:07.959-05:00Ah, yes! Those darn "policy choices"; th...Ah, yes! Those darn "policy choices"; they'll get you every time.<br /><br />What's a poor, free-moral agent to do when they're really nothing more than part of a "policy choice"?<br /><br />You've got to love the sleight-of-mind employed by her.Larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33198134624952677422011-11-21T18:50:20.830-05:002011-11-21T18:50:20.830-05:00Free markets are a theoretical construct. Let'...Free markets are a theoretical construct. Let's try them.Bob Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790005723107501043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34780664823330940642011-11-21T18:40:00.571-05:002011-11-21T18:40:00.571-05:00A Harvard professor talking about expanded the pow...A Harvard professor talking about expanded the power of the state. Fancy that.Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91040592063975786722011-11-21T17:50:22.315-05:002011-11-21T17:50:22.315-05:00Lovely couple!Lovely couple!gieneknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32007197857870570462011-11-21T17:27:55.813-05:002011-11-21T17:27:55.813-05:00I have come to the conclusion that the statements ...I have come to the conclusion that the statements against the free market by main stream economists is merely job security. Without a central bank and without government meddling in economic matters, how many of these people would have a job? <br /><br />I think I remember Mises saying something along these lines in HA, but I can't remember exactly what he said; I'm sure it was more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13511067427500068992011-11-21T17:07:57.420-05:002011-11-21T17:07:57.420-05:00Having a PhD in economics in the Soviet Union was ...Having a PhD in economics in the Soviet Union was like having one in the US now: you've got to believe in central planning and that free markets are evil. And that our war in Afghanistan is going great, and that we'll be a superpower forever...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63290363560405049082011-11-21T16:57:08.707-05:002011-11-21T16:57:08.707-05:00Two peas in the same pod, what could one expect?
...Two peas in the same pod, what could one expect?<br /><br />Now if only the Harvard intro economic students will engage in more meaningful debate, perhaps between them and their professors outside of the classroom. Get Tom Woods or Bob Murphy to moderate. Make it a charitable event to raise funds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12576204906870047022011-11-21T16:14:58.421-05:002011-11-21T16:14:58.421-05:00If she didn't believe this she wouldn't ha...If she didn't believe this she wouldn't have her position in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47262404606005977072011-11-21T15:53:04.805-05:002011-11-21T15:53:04.805-05:00And let's not forget that poor must endure the...And let's not forget that poor must endure the rifle-butt end of the drug war, while a free market in private neighborhoods and schools would instanteously solve most of the problems related to excessive use of intoxicating drugs.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com