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- From: tmhoff@oogoody.Corp.Sun.COM (Todd Hoff)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: Outgrowing Libertarianism...
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- Date: 25 Aug 92 21:33:54 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.182336.11244@newshost.unh.edu>
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- In article 11244@newshost.unh.edu, pas@anchor.unh.edu (Paul A Sand) writes:
- >th: Ted Hoff
- >
-
- It's Todd Hoff actually. Although a lot of junk mail comes to me addressed
- Ted Hoss. I guess junk email can be misattributed as well :-)
-
- >th: The implementation of libertarian ideals will lead to policies the
- > majority of americans view as cold-hearted. Game theory research has
- > shown without a doubt people have a sense of "fairness" flatly
- > rejecting traditional economic assumptions concerning rational
- > behavior.
- >
- >>The first sentence is--at best--an assertion of the current mood of the
- >>electorate.
-
- It is this "mood" that elects politicians. I don't see the mood changing--
- at least in my crystal ball--enough to swing the mood in favor of
- libertarians. If you do, when and why? The societal changes would have to be
- profound.
-
- >>The second sentence looks to be nothing more than a
- >>restatement of the first, pretentiously inflated to look like
- >>immutable and universal scientific fact.
-
- Wow, I am pretentious and I stated an immutable and universal scientific
- fact--both without even trying! Now how about a real response? The game
- theory bit has been widely published. The implications of said research
- are, as always, IMHO.
-