I thought the Keynesians climb trees because they’re moving upwards/becoming successful and the Austrians hide under rocks because we’ve been living under rocks while economic progress passes us by.
I think it’s because Keynesians like paper money, and Austrians like gold.
Aristophanes’s argument makes sense, but I doubt the writers of the Simpsons know enough about Keynesianism and Austrianism for that to be what they were trying to say.
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Well from an outsider’s perspective it just looks like you got bullied.
Eh,whatever.
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Keynesians climb trees because they haven’t got a leg to stand on, and Austrians hide under rocks because they think the sky is falling in.
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Keynesians climb trees because they exhibit a higher intellect, and Austrians hide under rocks because they live in the stone-age.
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Keynesians climb trees in order to rise above the dogs (capitalists), and Austrians hide under rocks because they like being bummed by the dogs.
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Keynesians climb trees because their ideas are on the rise, and Austrians hide under rocks to signify that their ideas have been crushed.
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Blah blah blah… you get the point.