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There is a reason economics is called "the dismal science". Most resources on the planet are finite and their consumption is a zero-sum game. If one less drug a
by f38zf5vdt 4y ago
There is a reason economics is called "the dismal science". Most resources on the planet are finite and their consumption is a zero-sum game. If one less drug addict means having the public resources to supply one more diabetic child with life-saving insulin, which would you choose?
- mcguire 4y agoEssentially all choices real people make are not economically optimal.
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- moonchrome 4y ago> Most resources on the planet are finite and their consumption is a zero-sum game. This is such a ridiculous viewpoint on a hacker forum. There are no intrinsic resources - iron ore is just a bunch of rocks, crude oil is a toxic sludge, Uranium is a bunch of radioactive ore. Economy is not a zero sum game, it's about allocating current resources to expand future ones (AKA growth)
- f38zf5vdt 4y agoThere is only one hospitable planet. Observe how we have treated it.
- nkrisc 4y agoThat’s a false choice that doesn’t exist and nothing more than a thought experiment.