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Paid (or unpaid!) apologists are much more visible and attention-drawing than their more in-touch peers, so I probably overestimate their prevalence in the over
by jjoonathan 6y ago
Paid (or unpaid!) apologists are much more visible and attention-drawing than their more in-touch peers, so I probably overestimate their prevalence in the overall population of economists, but by the very same yardstick they have an outsized effect on economic discussions. They earn every bit of the ire I throw in their direction, but I could probably do a better job of specifically targeting it.
> Existing mobile carriers are also probably beneficiaries of the current system, but it's hard to blame them for that
Only to the extent that they played no part in making or encouraging the system that we agree is bad.
- nickff 6y agoI am not really sure which apologists you have developed an ire for; I've only ever heard economists say that the auction system is better than the previous, arbitrary licensing system. Do you have any specific examples of these groups of apologists? I don't especially like rent-seeking, but in this case, it's more like begging than anything else; the government is the one responsible for this mess.