Comments on: Kozinski! http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/12/09/kozinski/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/12/09/kozinski/#comment-7122 Will Wilkinson Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:54:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=847#comment-7122 Maybe you'll like Niskanen better. Maybe you’ll like Niskanen better.

]]> By: podraza http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/12/09/kozinski/#comment-7121 podraza Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=847#comment-7121 I haven't been very impressed with any of the respondants thus far. The first guy had the weak "back to the drawing board" non-argument you pointed out earlier. And Kozinski seems to make a very simple "what is seen and not seen" error in assuming the New Deal policies are ok because we're doing alright. A steadily growing economy is always going to be the "best" in its history at any given moment. This doesn't mean much. What about the speed of growth? Might we grow faster absent certain policies and wouldn't that be good? Kozinski seems to miss this. I really don't know anything about Kozinski, this is the first time I've heard of him or read anything he's written. But this failure to recognize opportunity costs, from the smartest man in the judiciary, is bothersome. Maybe he left out any discussion of opportunity costs for the sake of brevity, but claims like those he made about the US economy being the strongest and freest in history sort of scream for such a discussion I think. I haven’t been very impressed with any of the respondants thus far. The first guy had the weak “back to the drawing board” non-argument you pointed out earlier. And Kozinski seems to make a very simple “what is seen and not seen” error in assuming the New Deal policies are ok because we’re doing alright. A steadily growing economy is always going to be the “best” in its history at any given moment. This doesn’t mean much. What about the speed of growth? Might we grow faster absent certain policies and wouldn’t that be good? Kozinski seems to miss this.

I really don’t know anything about Kozinski, this is the first time I’ve heard of him or read anything he’s written. But this failure to recognize opportunity costs, from the smartest man in the judiciary, is bothersome. Maybe he left out any discussion of opportunity costs for the sake of brevity, but claims like those he made about the US economy being the strongest and freest in history sort of scream for such a discussion I think.

]]> By: podraza http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/12/09/kozinski/#comment-7119 podraza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=847#comment-7119 I haven't been very impressed with any of the respondants thus far. The first guy had the weak "back to the drawing board" non-argument you pointed out earlier. And Kozinski seems to make a very simple "what is seen and not seen" error in assuming the New Deal policies are ok because we're doing alright. A steadily growing economy is always going to be the "best" in its history at any given moment. This doesn't mean much. What about the speed of growth? Might we grow faster absent certain policies and wouldn't that be good? Kozinski seems to miss this. I really don't know anything about Kozinski, this is the first time I've heard of him or read anything he's written. But this failure to recognize opportunity costs, from the smartest man in the judiciary, is bothersome. Maybe he left out any discussion of opportunity costs for the sake of brevity, but claims like those he made about the US economy being the strongest and freest in history sort of scream for such a discussion I think. I haven’t been very impressed with any of the respondants thus far. The first guy had the weak “back to the drawing board” non-argument you pointed out earlier. And Kozinski seems to make a very simple “what is seen and not seen” error in assuming the New Deal policies are ok because we’re doing alright. A steadily growing economy is always going to be the “best” in its history at any given moment. This doesn’t mean much. What about the speed of growth? Might we grow faster absent certain policies and wouldn’t that be good? Kozinski seems to miss this.

I really don’t know anything about Kozinski, this is the first time I’ve heard of him or read anything he’s written. But this failure to recognize opportunity costs, from the smartest man in the judiciary, is bothersome. Maybe he left out any discussion of opportunity costs for the sake of brevity, but claims like those he made about the US economy being the strongest and freest in history sort of scream for such a discussion I think.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/12/09/kozinski/#comment-7120 Will Wilkinson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=847#comment-7120 Maybe you'll like Niskanen better. Maybe you’ll like Niskanen better.

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