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Challenging the Empirical Contribution of Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century(papers.ssrn.com)
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by boona 11y ago
It's articles like these that make me wonder how many ridiculous laws there are that are not in the public consciousness. How can this possibly help make our lives better?
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by boona 11y ago
It's disheartening to see that Matthew Yglesias has book, with an economic argument no less, that is incredibly popular here on HN. He's been discredited by many economists from the left/right/libertarian. That is, when
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by boona 11y ago
I know the term, as well as Marx's class theory. Pointing me to a Wikipedia article doesn't change the fact that it's insensitive hyperbole.
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by boona 11y ago
Instead of smelling it, it may make more sense to actually read the arguments. ;)
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by boona 11y ago
Everyone needs to pitch in, you need to serve humanity so that it provides you with the things you need. If the only thing you can do to do your part is sanitation work, then sanitation work it shall be. That is, until you find new ways to
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by boona 11y ago
Let's be clear that Thomas Piketty's book has been thoroughly refuted, not in some minor way, but Thomas claimed that all he did was objectively looked at the data, and that the conclusion simply showed itself. Unfortunately he ch
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by boona 11y ago
>Not to mention that at the time of the Second Amendment's writing gun technology was primarily limited to muzzle loaders. The same way freedom of speech was written in before the advent of the internet.
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by boona 11y ago
> Landlords grow richer in their sleep, without working, risking, or economizing. Maybe in John Stuart Mill's time, but like anything in a free market, profit tends to zero (it generally doesn't hit zero, but gets closer over t
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by boona 11y ago
Asking for the solution, and asking about the process they've used to solve a problem is not the same. Learn the process so you can solve similar problems in the future. I wouldn't consider it cheating or "not counting"
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by boona 11y ago
> I see a lot of people that can do things much better, and faster than me. It's intimidating. I think there is a mindset issue at play here. Instead of thinking "Wow, that person is such an elite hacker, I wish I had been born
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by boona 11y ago
I'm going to get flak for this, but I've done a lot of online dating and in my experience the "educated women" on these sites tend to be third wave feminists/social justice warriors types who've studied either
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by boona 11y ago
The only thing that's shameful here is that this horribly biased article made it's way on to Hacker News. "Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a
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by boona 11y ago
When economists state that actors are rational, all they are is saying is that people act purposefully. Whether you water your plants, or pray to the magic unicorn in your closet for rain, both actions are purposeful, though both may not ha
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by boona 11y ago
>An ideal (or, a better) system would be responsive. Like a situation of economic freedom where millions of individual actors and entrepreneurs can dynamically change the landscape of city transportation instead of imposing a one size fi
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by boona 11y ago
The 20th century, in contrast to past centuries, was an experiment in progressivism. The idea that the state can be used by the masses to improve the well being of individuals over what can be achieved in a situation of economic liberty. So
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by boona 11y ago
Has anyone tried beta testing iOS 9? I'm interested to see if there are any speed increases for iOS, since iOS 8, my iPad2 has been as slow as molasses.
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by boona 11y ago
Isn't it bad taste to say Germans rather than Nazis?
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by boona 11y ago
Google hasn't been paying enough campaign contributions in France it seems. Back in the day Microsoft tried to avoid politics, and the US government almost broke them up. "You may have all the money, Raymond, but I have all the me
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by boona 12y ago
Stephen Hawking wasn't "wrong", it was a theory. Theories aren't nessacarily what's actually going on, it's just a way of viewing a problem in a way that helps you predict outcomes. People who say things like &
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by boona 12y ago
Giving ownership of all land to a small group of political elites and their politically well connected friends, what could possibly go wrong?
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by boona 12y ago
When the right control most of the media "We will have 20 hour work weeks!". When the left control most of the media "capitalism will destroy us all!".
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by boona 12y ago
Where is a 'report a user' button when you need one?