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How to Combat Economic Ignorance: A Proposition
Submitted by Scott Scheule on Fri, 2005-02-25 00:14.
To all those interested in forcefeeding economic intelligence to the public, I suggest the following:
Every time you purchase something, follow this procedure.
1. Walk to cash register.
2. Take out wallet.
3. Pull out money.
4. Turn around and face crowd, holding money in upraised fist.
5. Announce authoritatively to onlookers: "You see this money? This is money that I would have spent on my window. If it were broken... But it wasn't broken! And so I'm buying some stuff with it."
6. Smile, pay, and exit.
Such a procedure could become a trademark amongst the economically wise, a virtual handshake between peers, a badge of honor, and a great way to meet hot, sexy, free-market members of the opposite sex.
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The Best Idea Ever The Best
The Best Idea Ever for combatting the "broken window fallacy."...
Absolutely. Awesome.
Absolutely. Awesome.
Uh, we live in post-reductio
Uh, we live in post-reductio America. You're just going to give people ideas. Grocers will unplug your fridge so your food goes bad. Opticians will break your glasses. Doctors will shoot you.
????Anyway, I prefer to find my hot, sexy, free-market members of the opposite sex on Russian web sites.
Shattered Glass Awesome
Awesome idea....
You might want to be careful
You might want to be careful about lecturing people who are waiting in line behind you. Even if they aren't up to speed on the theory of opportunity costs, they may be quick to begrudge the opportunity costs of their economics lesson. Just try it and see how many of them look at their watches.
I never said the medicine
I never said the medicine would be sweet.
Should be a warning label on
Should be a warning label on this...
"Not recommended in states where you are free to carry and conceal."
Nahhh...Skip the warning, let Darwinism take over.
Also not recommended where
Also not recommended where you aren't free to carry. If someone throws an economy-sized jar of pickles at you, it could kill you just as dead as a .45...
Yes. I wasn't sure who he
Yes. I wasn't sure who he was exactly, but I was told that I done good, and promptly given a few cookies.
Sorry, Radley Balko.
Sorry, Radley Balko.
Dude, Scott, you got linked
Dude, Scott, you got linked by Randy Balko.
linked at the bottom of
linked at the bottom of http://FreedomKeys.com/window.htm