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user-inactivated  ·  3729 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paul Krugman: The Libertarian Fantasy

Oversimplification isn't quite the word I meant. More like cherrypicking, which is dangerous because he's the only one in the room with the PhD in economics (although I'm approaching one myself -- maybe -- and I'd disagree that the issues in question are of such complexity).





b_b  ·  3729 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    and I'd disagree that the issues in question are of such complexity.

You don't think that business regulation generally, and farming regulation specifically, is complex?

user-inactivated  ·  3729 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not so complex that you can't read about it (a lot!) and then understand it. Knowledge isn't inextricably linked to having a PhD -- that's just a good tell these days.