I wanted to say I am reading all the posts and I wanted to say thanks to all of you. Would that I had learned this when I was younger.
Ugh. We’re talking about free trade and free markets. Not how bureaucrats intervene and screw everything up. Wrong argument.
What does isolation have to do with not conceding to fallacious reasoning? A person says we need to be energy independent. You ask him in response whether this means that he is worried that he has no oil refinaries in his private backyard? Why is that suppose to fly over his head but not all the aggregate money flows explanations?
But the point is that they’re not using a different framework but simply being inconsistent. How many economists do you know that explain why Jonathan trading with Dan is beneficial by aggregating all the Jonathans and all the Dans?
Just wondering if anyone saw the relevant article on The Good Krugman.
I know the feeling, Steve.
Ugh. We’re talking about free trade and free markets. Not how bureaucrats intervene and screw everything up. Wrong argument.
DD5, why continue to quote me out of context and misconstrue my point. I’m not making that argument. I used it as an example of a follow up question someone you’re debating can ask you. My point is that within the context of the debate posited in the OP, your response is not as perfect as you think it is and my response not as bad as you make it out to be.
What does isolation have to do with not conceding to fallacious reasoning?
You’re too obsessed with these “concessions”. It’s an amateur debate between two people. I gain more than I lose. For all we know, maybe I’ll lead him to do research of his own that may one day lead him to change his framework entirely. You’re too caught up in a black/white argument.
But the point is that they’re not using a different framework but simply being inconsistent. How many economists do you know that explain why Jonathan trading with Dan is beneficial by aggregating all the Jonathans and all the Dans?
I don’t see how the question is relevant. We’re talking about some random guy the OP knows.