Well, could I get around this by saying that those polls only
show that gov't foreign aid is too high- meaning nothing
about private charities. The gov't has a terrible (and
widely known) record of aid finding its way into the wrong
hands, and those poll results could just be a reflection of
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: Charity
> Jason DeBacker wrote:
>
> And the answer is:
>
> > - People really don’t care about helping someone else, but
> > are ashamed to admit that.
>
> How could it be anything e
Eric Crampton wrote:
"Your imagination is clearly too limited if you can't imagine
anyone who
would baldly state that they prefer the cable TV. I
certainly prefer
spending my $67/mth on Dish Network top 100 plus HBOs plus
locals plus
built-in TIVO to sending the money off to save an arbitrarily
Fabio,
I don’t know it 1 or 2% is low or high either. I was mostly
considering at the margin, people would seem to support more
charity, yet don’t. Sure, few could give thousands, but many
could give up a nice restaurant dinner, a couple rental
movies, or some such thing each month, and would
woman being attacked while the whole block watched and no one
stopping it or calling the police).
- People really don’t care about helping someone else, but
are ashamed to admit that.
- People just don’t think about donating.
Regards,
Jason DeBacker
"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the
first things to be bought and sold are legislators."
--P.J. O'Rourke
Animals are economic actors.
as to:
"For example, at what age are children able to understand
the concept of interest?"- any baby knows that something is better now
then tommorrow.
"At what age do children understand that exchange
can make you better off?"- if you read the popular media, it se
age people to not worry about student loans and
and look at more prestigious universities, but is this the case for
those who are choosing a top school? With tuitions at $35K + per year,
do you make back your investment with a higher expected salary as
compared to a school on a lower tier?
Jason DeBacker
Liberty
Brennan and Lomasky-
Democracy and Decision
Richard Posner- Economics of
Justice
David D. Friedman- Law's
Order, Hidden Order, Intermediate
Price Theory
Murray Rothbard-
Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature,
The Ethics of Liberty
riskier form of travel...
Jason DeBacker
- Original Message -
From: "Alex Tabarrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:40 AM
Subject: odds and terrorism
> Here is a nice article on the odds of various events and
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