Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Politics on May 12th, 2014
Talk about Straw manning it. Hilariously, Matthews links to the highly debatable Cook paper where the 97% claim comes from. But that’s not really the point. The point, yet again, is that for such an enlightened, leading, scientific, research and data oriented website as Vox claims to be, is totally and horrendously disingenuous when it […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy on May 12th, 2014
You are correct that this is a far from charitable reading, and far from the “civil discourse” that is so often talked about. Well you know what, “civil discourse” is just a euphemism for, “let’s not actually cut to the core of the argument, let’s give everyone a trophy for showing up.” The push for […]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on May 12th, 2014
This paper finds that the recent economic growth miracle in Africa has been due to the reduction in the labor force needed on the farms (i.e. agricultural productivity). Great, I have an idea. Let’s ban GMO seeds and modern farming practices, that will help speed things along. By the way, what does such a finding […]
