“since the new deal and Keynesianism failed to end the great depression” That’s patently and demonstrably not true. Government spending during WW2 put people to work, put money in their pockets, stimulated private spending and investment, created demand for more products, created the middle class a…

Your first comment on this thread as well as your responses to me. I don’t buy the real argument, which I presented. To quote myself: “Obviously, war and fiscal stimulus in general won’t have any positive effects on the business cycle. It can only do good during an event like the Great Depression …

beg to differ, Coase, but am interested in what you consider the refutation.

Can’t say. Top secret. Paradigm-shifting paper forthcoming and all that.

I’m sure the Earth will shake when it comes out

So I wasn’t “confused” as you claimed. It was exactly as I said. Your entire presence here has been to introduce an argument that you admit even you do not believe is viable. So I ask you again, if you don’t buy the argument, why is that the argument you’re bringing up and defending? Based on your…

Paradigm-shifting paper… I can see the headlines now: Idealogical Shocker! New Report Answers Question of How Social Order Comes About Through Hand of Government, Rights and Liberties Maintained. Turns out it was hot dogs. The answer was in hot dog production all along.

Of course, the tragedy is that the paradigm-shifting paper falls to the wayside, because the front page is splashed with the headline: Social Engineer Demonstrates Causal Relationship.

Bullshit, they can always be scrapped. Car plant sitting idle? Tear down the robots and sell them as scrap. Car plant building empty? Let it go on the market… someone will find a use for an empty, solidly built building (long-term storage, airplane hangar, whatever). What you’re saying is you don’t…

A funny example of alternative use I’ve seen today: http://www.howtomakecider.com/build-apple-press.php An old car jack (inverted) will act as a press. So you can make some cider using a tool originally intended to prop a car.

Can anyone help me deconstruct this Statist nonsense?

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Now I’m confused, but whatever. I presented the argument to show that you all were attacking a straw man, which I disapproved of.

I don’t want people stealing my work.

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Can anyone help me deconstruct this Statist nonsense?

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