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Comment on Richard Tarnas: The Passion of the Western Mind by Matueny Marial

Matueny Marial — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:43:59 +0000

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Comment on Henry Hazlitt and the unseen by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:19:41 +0000

I am almost finished reading this and will be writing a rebuttal pretty soon.

He depends pretty heavily on Say’s law, which you can see fell apart since 1970.

http://bit.ly/sOOfKq

You can see that between 1947 and about 1968, Say’s law worked pretty well, as the people in society that became more efficient at producing things (efficiency per hour, not efficiency per pay) were rewarded for that increased efficiency by also being able to consume more. We are now producing about 50% more per hour than we were in 1970, but we can actually only consume slightly less. If Say’s law had been as robust recently as it had been in the post WWII era, then the typical person making $50k per year would be making $75k per year.

Unfortunately when you determine that you are in a period in which Say’s law is not applicable, that means that most of the book is inapplicable because he leans on that pretty heavily.

Comment on A review of Thomas Woods’ “Meltdown” by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:10:05 +0000

Dude! You got taken!

Thomas Woods is one of those people who believe “‘If you build it, they will come”. His field of dreams does not allow for the possibility that if you don’t have a middle class, then no-one buys anything and your actual production curve is far to the left of your production possibility curve.

But don’t take my word for it. Look at the economy under Republicans vs Democrats.

http://bit.ly/JpiSCy

Comment on In Defense of the Wind Ensemble by Michael Lawrence

Michael Lawrence — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:28:39 +0000

Well, actually I ended up as a church organist and choir director.

Comment on In Defense of the Wind Ensemble by goldendragon2012

goldendragon2012 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:15:29 +0000

Very interesting and informative and hooray for Google and YouTube which allow us to (re)discover so much excellent music. I’m not a fan of brass bands, but I will certainly listen to all the pieces in this blog entry.
By the way, where DID you “end up”, Chorale Boy?
You write very well.

Comment on Band Camp Nightmares by In Defense of the Wind Ensemble « Fragmented Obsessions

In Defense of the Wind Ensemble « Fragmented Obsessions — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:02:10 +0000

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Comment on A few words for Richard M. Weaver by Carpochondria « Fragmented Obsessions

Carpochondria « Fragmented Obsessions — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:32:08 +0000

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Comment on Obsessions about OCD by Carpochondria « Fragmented Obsessions

Carpochondria « Fragmented Obsessions — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:32:02 +0000

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