Economics Questions

Re: Kill Them So They May Live

Knight_of_BAAWA — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:34:52 GMT

We have to destroy the village in order to save it

Re: Kill Them So They May Live

richie2044 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:03:47 GMT

You know, I was thinking how this is simply a version of the Keynesian paradigm: they will "consume" the cities to create wealth.

Re: Kill Them So They May Live

Andrew Cain — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:58:35 GMT

Destruction breds prosperity. Quickly! Run to your rooms and destroy them to bring yourselves wealth.

Re: Kill Them So They May Live

Illadelph — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:34:12 GMT

I can't wait to see what neighborhoods they'll tear down here in Philly! I bet all the displaced poor people will be rounded up and thrown into projects, hopefully they build a couple towers near me.

Just when the city starts to be gaining a head of steam in revitilizing itself the government decides they can do it better by displacing residents and replacing them with trees. Our last mayor tried something similar, and he funded it using debt. The targeted neighborhoods are still blighted (even more so IMO as many beautiful buildings were torn down) and the city's financial status is even worse than it was before.

Kill Them So They May Live

richie2044 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:15:32 GMT

The Broken Window Fallacy continues...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html