Comments on: Your Objection to My Perpetual Motion Machine is SO Physics 101 http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/03/21/your-objection-to-my-perpetual-motion-machine-is-so-physics-101/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: dsquared http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/03/21/your-objection-to-my-perpetual-motion-machine-is-so-physics-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1880 dsquared Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:43:17 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1684#comment-1880 If this is a "paint-by-numbers" critique of libertarianism, then presumably "what about the dinosaurs?" is a "paint-by-numbers" critique of Creationism! It's an entirely legitimate criticism, which is only ubiquitous precisely because it goes straight to the heart of a real weakness of a lot of the central arguments. Libertarians *do* make widgetarian arguments a hell of a lot, and it is not in any way illegitimate to point out that many of them are based on introductory models which have serious flaws that are corrected at a higher level. "Economics 101" might be a bit patronising, but it is not like most net.libertarians are really great and polite guys. If this is a “paint-by-numbers” critique of libertarianism, then presumably “what about the dinosaurs?” is a “paint-by-numbers” critique of Creationism! It’s an entirely legitimate criticism, which is only ubiquitous precisely because it goes straight to the heart of a real weakness of a lot of the central arguments. Libertarians *do* make widgetarian arguments a hell of a lot, and it is not in any way illegitimate to point out that many of them are based on introductory models which have serious flaws that are corrected at a higher level. “Economics 101″ might be a bit patronising, but it is not like most net.libertarians are really great and polite guys.

]]> By: David J. Balan http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/03/21/your-objection-to-my-perpetual-motion-machine-is-so-physics-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 David J. Balan Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:05:45 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1684#comment-1879 It does happen to be the case that the "markets are good" stuff gets taught in Econ 101, and the "markets can fail" stuff gets taught later. And it also happens to be the case that a lot of people who have had one or two economics courses come away believing that it has been demonstrated that markets are always good and government intervention always bad. So some correction is often in order. It does happen to be the case that the “markets are good” stuff gets taught in Econ 101, and the “markets can fail” stuff gets taught later. And it also happens to be the case that a lot of people who have had one or two economics courses come away believing that it has been demonstrated that markets are always good and government intervention always bad. So some correction is often in order.

]]> By: __earth http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/03/21/your-objection-to-my-perpetual-motion-machine-is-so-physics-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 __earth Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:33:25 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1684#comment-1878 Hail! Hail!

]]> By: micahd http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/03/21/your-objection-to-my-perpetual-motion-machine-is-so-physics-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 micahd Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:09:55 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1684#comment-1877 From my response ... "In fairness, I do happen to believe that regulation should justify itself. Libertarian principles are, therefore, a good starting point for any policy analysis. Infancy is also a good starting point. But in neither case does this mean that we should stay there, screaming our fool heads off about a world that we either do not - or refuse to - understand." http://micahd.blogspot.com/2007/03/widgetarians.html From my response …

“In fairness, I do happen to believe that regulation should justify itself. Libertarian principles are, therefore, a good starting point for any policy analysis. Infancy is also a good starting point. But in neither case does this mean that we should stay there, screaming our fool heads off about a world that we either do not – or refuse to – understand.”

http://micahd.blogspot.com/2007/03/widgetarians.html

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