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re: "Reasoning from observation? Is there such a thing?" 'Nuff said.

Tom Brosz — 1/21/2004 8:50:43 PM (archived)

Aristotle had a lot of good things to say about reason. He was also convinced that women had fewer teeth than men. Actually counting them apparently never occurred to him, just like actually comparing the real world results of collectivist vs. individualist economic policies never occurs to many modern-day theorists.

Whether you get your premises from observation of objective reality, or pull them out of your own ass, makes a big difference.

Please ponder the source of the phrase, "garbage in, garbage out."

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employment and the labor force - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:43:51 AM
- Some more fun with statistics, or: where did those lost jobs all go? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 12:06:13 AM
  - job creation has been slower than in almost any previous recovery, and wage growth has slowed to a crawl - Greg - 1/13/2004 5:00:17 PM
    - Did you even read my post? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:26:20 PM
      - that always happens - Greg - 1/14/2004 11:33:23 AM
      - To reiterate: since January of 2001, America has created almost 690,000 jobs. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:39:50 PM
        
        so what? - Greg - 1/15/2004 9:53:29 AM
        
        re: so what? - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 7:49:48 AM
        
        so we're back to those pesky references - Greg - 1/16/2004 11:56:47 AM
        
        Don't know why I'm bothering, but... - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:58:12 PM
        
        Ah, the quiet sound of chirping crickets... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 3:28:47 AM
        
        I see no references, just a petition from a partisan special interest group. (n/t) - Greg - 1/20/2004 3:44:23 AM
        
        "Economists? I see no economists. Does anyone else see economists?" LOL!! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 4:38:20 AM
        
        Did you read your own post? - Greg - 1/20/2004 8:16:44 AM
        
        re: Did you read your own post? - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 11:37:36 PM
        
        reasoning from observation? - Greg - 1/21/2004 8:30:24 AM
        
        re: "Reasoning from observation? Is there such a thing?" 'Nuff said. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 8:50:43 PM
        
        P.S. I agree with Greg that this growth rate sucks. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 9:45:33 PM
  - I wonder how many illeagal immigrent jobs are being counted as well. - Scott Evil - 1/13/2004 3:44:43 PM
    - P.S. with a population of nearly 300,000,000 you mean that fully 1/2 of all americans don't work? - Scott Evil - 1/13/2004 3:46:46 PM
      - That's about right - Larry J - 1/13/2004 9:36:30 PM
        
        Lazy old people and women need to get back to work - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 6:34:59 PM
- Thats because many are now self-employed. - Scott Evil - 1/12/2004 6:01:46 PM
- Unfortunately, you seem to be correct. The employment rate (% of persons employed) has gone DOWN. This is very bad news. I don't see any recovery of jobs coming in the next few years. - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 6:18:37 AM
  - they are also pointing out something else - Greg - 1/11/2004 7:19:34 AM
    - re: maybe they are starting their own businesses - Success_Machine - 1/11/2004 3:05:23 PM
      - re: Another possible explanation - Success_Machine - 1/11/2004 3:15:48 PM
        
        Juggling figures - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2004 8:39:03 PM
        
        To me, what matters is the percentage of adults between 18 and say 65 or 70 who are working. I am sure that the rate has gone down in the past decade. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/11/2004 11:13:59 PM
        
        Mystery solved, it's early retirement for college males - Greg - 1/13/2004 4:55:48 PM
        
        my guess is cellge males are trying to wait out the recession on credit instead of taking a low paying job. (n/t) - Greg - 1/11/2004 4:54:16 PM

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