>The number one economic fallacy is this: he claims that doing a job, all other things being equal, removes bread from someone elses mouth. This is 100% false.

>The number one economic fallacy is this: he claims that doing a job, all other things being equal, removes bread from someone elses mouth. This is 100% false. Russell agrees with you, through the medium of sarcasm and reductio ad absurdum: >If this argument were valid, it would only be necessary for us all to be idle in order that we should all have our mouths full of bread. He prefixes citing the argument with: >Before advancing my own arguments for laziness, I must dispose of one which I cannot accept. in case you don't get the sarcasm.