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"Broken Window Fallacy" is something like "Breaking Windows is actually good for the economy, because money is spent on repairing windows when it otherwise woul
by rgoulter 7y ago
"Broken Window Fallacy" is something like "Breaking Windows is actually good for the economy, because money is spent on repairing windows when it otherwise wouldn't be". (The 'fallacy' is not considering the wider negative impacts).
Sure.
"if the negative impact of selling healing crystals outweighs the positive impact of donating to mental health organisations, then it's bad" makes sense to me.
- Scarblac 7y agoNo, the fallacy is that money being spent is good for the economy by itself. It's a neutral action. Creation of value is good, and breaking a window just to replace it doesn't. GDP counts money being spent, of course.