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No. The closest simple example is the broken window fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_t
by te_platt 12y ago
No. The closest simple example is the broken window fallacy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
- Guvante 12y agoApparently the broken window fallacy has absolutely nothing to do with the broken window theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
- chc 12y agoThis is a much weaker claim than the broken window fallacy, though. The parent comment addresses something that is left unsaid in the broken window fallacy — that even if it isn't objectively better for the money to go to a window-maker, it might not be worse either. It's possible that the chain of events is ultimately neutral for the system as a whole.