Thursday, November 19, 2009
Murphy Twin Spin
You've been working hard all year, you've been a good boy, and you just need something to kick back and relax. Today makes it all worthwhile, my friend.
* At Mises.org I show that economists are actually quite hilarious. No, they don't tell rabbi jokes or ask you to pull their supply curve. Instead, they use their clever minds to come up with all sorts of defenses for the "efficient markets hypothesis" even after what just happened.
* After you wipe the tears of laughter away, you can begin shedding tears of sadness when you read about California's plans to ban (most) TVs wider than 40 inches, and to require California cars to get special tinting to fight global warming. After I explicitly criticized Schwarzenegger, he sent me the following odd note:
* At Mises.org I show that economists are actually quite hilarious. No, they don't tell rabbi jokes or ask you to pull their supply curve. Instead, they use their clever minds to come up with all sorts of defenses for the "efficient markets hypothesis" even after what just happened.
* After you wipe the tears of laughter away, you can begin shedding tears of sadness when you read about California's plans to ban (most) TVs wider than 40 inches, and to require California cars to get special tinting to fight global warming. After I explicitly criticized Schwarzenegger, he sent me the following odd note:
Dear Mr. Murphy,
Regarding your op ed in the
Orange Count Register, I think
perhaps you should
determine just how much the
environment would suffer
after we followed your
dreary market "solutions."
Comments:
Regarding Schwarzenegger, why didn't he just mention a few of the ways "the enviornment would suffer?" Wait-a-minute...if the government hasn't determined how much suffering would go on how come they are implementing taxes and regulations?
Maybe he's just trying to get you to do his work for him. You should respond by accepting the implied offer of employment.
Maybe he's just trying to get you to do his work for him. You should respond by accepting the implied offer of employment.
# posted by 
: November 19, 2009 at 8:29 PM
: November 19, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Perhaps you could remind Schwazenegger of the self-professed reasons he joined the Republican Party? That is, that when he first came to America, he thought that the Democrats sounded like the socialists he just gotten away from.
Perhaps then you could provide him with a lesson on the history of economic thought in his native country?
Perhaps then you could provide him with a lesson on the history of economic thought in his native country?
# posted by : November 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM
: November 19, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Glad you didn't drop dead ;-)
Best wishes from Kansas! --Redbud
Best wishes from Kansas! --Redbud
# posted by : November 19, 2009 at 9:21 PM
: November 19, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Watch out Bob - Ahnold has been known to 'terminate' his opposition. I wonder if I get a discount if I use the forthcoming California IOU-based currency for one of the green big screens?
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