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In This House We Believe …

Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Methodology on Aug 3rd, 2021

Is a pretty sure sign of confusion. Here, in reference to the “Science is Real” portion of those signs, is Richard Feynman: Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. When someone says […]

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The Dull Truth

Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Jul 14th, 2010

I’ve had people try to refute economic arguments I’ve made by appealing to something along the lines of, “I’ve heard that before … or that argument is SO pedestrian.” Well, the truth is boring isn’t it? Critics who employ such tactics rarely follow up with an analysis of what is so objectionable in what I […]

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