I see your point, Gar, In a loose sense, economic analysis is based on lump-of-labor-like assumptions called "ceteris paribus." Fallacy arises when people forget that they have abstracted from reality in that way. In that sense, the anti-minimum wage scolds do commit a fallacy. Not necessarily a "fixed amount of work" but a fixed amount of something... perhaps "propensity to consume."
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Gar Lipow <[email protected]> wrote: > In my experience when someone spends a lot of time falsely accusing people > of stuff it is a good sign they are guilty of it themselves. So, Are people > who claim raising the minimum wage contributes to unemployment guilty of > the lump of labor fallacy?, > > -- > Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow > Solving the Climate Crisis web page: SolvingTheClimateCrisis.com > Grist Blog: http://grist.org/author/gar-lipow/ > Online technical reference: http://www.nohairshirts.com > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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