Comments on: What is "Economic Insecurity" and Why Should We Care? http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Devin Shirley http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9194 Devin Shirley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:56:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9194 your blog is great 411 gratz! your blog is great 411 gratz!

]]> By: Daniel http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9193 Daniel Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:32:35 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9193 I couldn't understand some parts of this article and Why Should We Care?, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article and Why Should We Care?, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> By: Adriana Lima http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9201 Adriana Lima Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9201 I couldn't understand some parts of this article and Why Should We Care?, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article and Why Should We Care?, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9192 Will Wilkinson Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:34:11 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9192 Ed & Conchis, I'm not saying the feeling doesn't matter. I'm saying it's a distortion of the idea of economic security to transform it into a psychological notion, and that managing our feelings is our own responsibility. There's a good case to be made that the state should do what it can to keep us secure. Beyond that, how we feel is up to us. Ed & Conchis, I’m not saying the feeling doesn’t matter. I’m saying it’s a distortion of the idea of economic security to transform it into a psychological notion, and that managing our feelings is our own responsibility. There’s a good case to be made that the state should do what it can to keep us secure. Beyond that, how we feel is up to us.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9200 Will Wilkinson Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9200 Ed & Conchis, I'm not saying the feeling doesn't matter. I'm saying it's a distortion of the idea of economic security to transform it into a psychological notion, and that managing our feelings is our own responsibility. There's a good case to be made that the state should do what it can to keep us secure. Beyond that, how we feel is up to us. Ed & Conchis, I’m not saying the feeling doesn’t matter. I’m saying it’s a distortion of the idea of economic security to transform it into a psychological notion, and that managing our feelings is our own responsibility. There’s a good case to be made that the state should do what it can to keep us secure. Beyond that, how we feel is up to us.

]]> By: conchis http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9191 conchis Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:19:19 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9191 ed, I'd go so far as to say that it's not so much debatable as just plain wrong. On what grounds should we dismiss the very real anxieties people feel about their economic situation - even if they are based on misperceptions? Depressed people are often deluded, but that doesn't mean that we don't care they're depressed. The distinction between real and perceived insecurity is important, but not so much because the latter doesn't matter, as because it suggests that improving real security isn't the only way of trying to make people less anxious. ed,

I’d go so far as to say that it’s not so much debatable as just plain wrong. On what grounds should we dismiss the very real anxieties people feel about their economic situation – even if they are based on misperceptions? Depressed people are often deluded, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t care they’re depressed.

The distinction between real and perceived insecurity is important, but not so much because the latter doesn’t matter, as because it suggests that improving real security isn’t the only way of trying to make people less anxious.

]]> By: conchis http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9199 conchis Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9199 ed, I'd go so far as to say that it's not so much debatable as just plain wrong. On what grounds should we dismiss the very real anxieties people feel about their economic situation - even if they are based on misperceptions? Depressed people are often deluded, but that doesn't mean that we don't care they're depressed. The distinction between real and perceived insecurity is important, but not so much because the latter doesn't matter, as because it suggests that improving real security isn't the only way of trying to make people less anxious. ed,

I’d go so far as to say that it’s not so much debatable as just plain wrong. On what grounds should we dismiss the very real anxieties people feel about their economic situation – even if they are based on misperceptions? Depressed people are often deluded, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t care they’re depressed.

The distinction between real and perceived insecurity is important, but not so much because the latter doesn’t matter, as because it suggests that improving real security isn’t the only way of trying to make people less anxious.

]]> By: Travis http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9190 Travis Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:52:37 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9190 I suddenly feel like I need to go buy some rogaine and go on a diet before I hit 30. I suddenly feel like I need to go buy some rogaine and go on a diet before I hit 30.

]]> By: Travis http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9198 Travis Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:52:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9198 I suddenly feel like I need to go buy some rogaine and go on a diet before I hit 30. I suddenly feel like I need to go buy some rogaine and go on a diet before I hit 30.

]]> By: ed http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9189 ed Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:57:15 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/10/23/what-is-economic-insecurity-and-why-should-we-care/#comment-9189 "What matters most is whether we are secure, not how we feel." I think this is debateable. Seriously. “What matters most is whether we are secure, not how we feel.”

I think this is debateable. Seriously.

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