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Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" on BlogTalkRadio.

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wolfravenous Posted: Fri, May 14 2010 5:37 AM

 

I am going to be hosting a discussion of Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson" Chapters 1 - 3
Friday morning 05-14-2010 at 10 am EST on BlogTalkRadio. It will be the first show that I have attempted. 

I have posted pre show notes on my blog athttp://wolfravenous.wordpress.com/ in which I link to the interviews on the Mises site conducted by Jeffery Tucker about those chapters with Block, DiLorenzo, and Herbener. 

The link to access the show page is: http://bit.ly/9DJUYA

I just wanted to try and do something to help raise awareness of some of the economic fallacies that are pervasive in our society.

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Arvin replied on Fri, May 14 2010 5:51 AM

BUT!!!!!! WHEN YOU BREAK A WINDOW THERE IS DEMAND FOR A NEW WINDOW AND A NEW WINDOW IS PRODUCED!!! JUST LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL CHART!!! THE ECONOMY IS BETTER OFF!!!! HAZLITT IS NOT A SCIENTIST SINCE HE DOESN'T USE THE CORRECT METOHODOLOGY THAT ALL OTHER SCIENTISTS USE!!!! HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO IS PSEUDOSCIENTIFIDHGIDFG?!!!?!?!?!a  a POM

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Arvin replied on Fri, May 14 2010 5:53 AM

ALSO HE HAS BEEN DISCREDITED BY MANY PROFESSORS AT MY UNI!!!! AND HIS SUPPLY SIDE/AUSTRIAN/TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS IS NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AT ANY UNI I'VE BEEN TO!!!! ASLO I THINK HE WAS A RACIST SINCE HE WASN'T A SOCIALIST!!!

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Hard Rain replied on Fri, May 14 2010 6:08 AM

Excellent. I'll be listening in.

"I don't believe in ghosts, sermons, or stories about money" - Rooster Cogburn, True Grit.
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You must consider not just the seen (the new window) but also the unseen, any other item/s of value that might have been produced using the same resources, material, time, labor had they not been required to replace the broken window.  Those unseen items are now unrealizable.  It is the opportunity cost factor!

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@Arvin  also whether or not someone is a collectivist or a person that believes in individual liberty, has nothing at all to do with whether or not the person is a racist.  Your second comment was completely absurd!

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MPP replied on Fri, May 14 2010 7:13 AM

@wolfravenous: i think Arvin was being sarcastic :-)

"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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Arvin replied on Fri, May 14 2010 11:36 AM

HE IS A SOCIAL DARWINIST LIBERTARYAN!!! YEAH, LIBERTARYAN!!! YOU GUYS WANNA ABOLISH MINIMUM WAGE AND YOU WANT ALL BLACK PEOPLE TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST! YOU GUYS ARE LISTED AS A HATE GROUP AT THE SPLC. YOU CALLIN' MY POST ABSURD IS JSUT THAT; ABSURD!!! SOCIAL DARWINISM IS WHAT THYE HAD IN NAZI GERMANY AND THEY WERE NAZI RACISTS WHO HATED SOCIALISM. AND SINCE HE'S NOT A SOCIALIST AND HE IS A SOCIAL DARWINIST HE MUST BE RACIST. DO YOU WANT BLAKC PEOPLE TO STARVE TO DEATH ON THE STREEETS? NO? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAZLITT'S THEORIES AMOUNT TO!!! YOU GOTTA LET PEOPLE BREAK SOME WINDOWS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. BUT NO. HAZLITT IS JUST HATIN' ON MINORITIES FOR KNOWING LIKE, HOW THINGS REALLY WORK, AND I MEAN LIKE SPIRITUALLY, LIKE IT'S DEEPER THAN MONEYWISE. BUT HAZLITT IS NOt A SCIEnTIST ANYWAYS SO HAHA, THE LAUGH'S ON YOU BRO, THE LAUGH'S ON OYU:!:!:!

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I listened to the whoile thing. Ty very much. Good stuff.

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