Why is it that you guys always confuse economics with politics?

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Why is it that you guys always confuse economics with politics?

alcaray — 2/29/2008 3:16:54 AM (archived)

Good grief!

And, no, the value of fur to a primitive society is not a frivolous one.

And, emphatically *no*, the more of something that people have the less valuable it is. Man, this is just basic supply and demand.

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The stock market doesn't seem to be rational. - Bowser - 2/27/2008 5:24:40 PM
- Still Bullish - podrock - 2/28/2008 4:31:46 AM
- The market loves rate cuts. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/27/2008 5:54:19 PM
  - At some point, they better quit. - TB - 2/28/2008 4:26:34 AM
    - re: Not yet. - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 2:38:49 PM
    - You have a strange love-hate relationship with capitalism. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/28/2008 6:13:04 AM
      - Not really. I just know how it's supposed to work. (n/t) - TB - 2/28/2008 7:30:10 AM
        
        People with stashes of $100 dollar bills will be the real losers. - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 2:51:31 PM
        
        You imagine that inflation will shoot up? (n/t) - alcaray - 2/28/2008 8:10:39 PM
        
        Once capital was invented there have been booms and busts. - alcaray - 2/28/2008 10:44:26 AM
        
        re: Once capital was invented there have been booms and busts. - gbaikie - 2/28/2008 11:09:40 AM
        
        Pretty much when coinage was invented. - alcaray - 2/28/2008 8:08:53 PM
        
        re: Pretty much when coinage was invented. - gbaikie - 2/29/2008 1:24:55 AM
        
        Why is it that you guys always confuse economics with politics? - alcaray - 2/29/2008 3:16:54 AM
        
        Because politics and economics are entertwined in a double-helix - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 4:41:54 PM
        
        No. They are quite separate. - alcaray - 2/29/2008 7:49:37 PM
        
        Different subjects: You mean like science and religon? - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 11:05:01 PM
        
        Get serious. - TB - 2/29/2008 8:17:17 PM
        
        It is possible to discuss biology without talking about electron shells. - alcaray - 3/1/2008 2:24:28 AM
        
        At a 1st grade level maybe. - Lee - 3/2/2008 8:07:55 AM
        
        What is with the 4 of you? - alcaray - 3/2/2008 11:53:31 PM
        
        Then stop with the unintelligent comments. - Lee - 3/3/2008 1:46:27 AM
        
        re: barter - TB - 3/1/2008 10:38:16 PM
        
        see what I mean? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/2/2008 1:57:53 AM
        
        I can't think of a single economic activity that does not involve the govenment in some way... - TAFKASE - 2/29/2008 11:08:23 PM
        
        About the time someone invented fire. - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 2:43:27 PM
        
        Actually, more like the invention of agriculture. - TB - 2/28/2008 8:47:51 PM
        
        You must be biased against intangible assets! - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 10:31:06 PM
        
        Go back and re-read "Ascent of Man." - TB - 2/28/2008 10:54:32 PM
        
        Not only human behavior. It is the way evolution works as well. - alcaray - 2/29/2008 3:57:56 AM
        
        I burnt my copy. - TAFAKSE - 2/28/2008 11:01:11 PM
  - Avoiding a hangover by staying drunk. - Bowser - 2/27/2008 9:56:53 PM
    - Certainly not. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/28/2008 3:34:58 AM
    - Yes, Bernanke's No Greenspan or even Volker. (n/t) - marsby - 2/28/2008 2:06:26 AM
- You just noticed that? - TB - 2/27/2008 5:27:52 PM
  - re: You just noticed that? - Hans - 2/28/2008 12:13:30 AM

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