Q for environmental economists

2002-07-17 Thread john hull
Howdy, As ad hominem arguments fly around the internet, I seem unable to get an impartial opinion. Would those who study the envirnment give me the straight dope on The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg? His economic arguments seem pretty sound, and this statistical methods, from what

Re: Why are the simple folk so wrong WAS Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Yes, this is precisely my point. Alex Michael Etchison wrote: > Alex Tabarrok: > >The evidence is even stronger in other fields that information per-se > often does not change people's minds. . . . > > >If information doesn't change people's minds - what does? > > You do notice, I trust, that j

Why are the simple folk so wrong WAS Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Michael Etchison
Alex Tabarrok: >The evidence is even stronger in other fields that information per-se often does not change people's minds. . . . >If information doesn't change people's minds - what does? You do notice, I trust, that just as there are those, including some who appear to be well-educated and oth

RE: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Michael Etchison
--- Alex wrote: > Yes, I believe that the majority of the American public supports > farm subsidies. to which Fred Foldvary replied: >Why do corporations, lawyers, unions, and other interests provide candidates and elected representatives with millions of dollars of funds and favors if they

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Anton Sherwood
"Gray, Lynn" wrote: > By saying it was inappropriate I meant it was rude. I am aware of the > weight of the evidence in regard to human evolution. However, to say > that those who believe in Biblical creation are dumb/ignorant is at > the very least less than good manners. Worse than saying the

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Fred Foldvary wrote: >...if the typical American favors subsidies to sugar farmers and > does not mind if the domestic price is over twice the world price, and does > not care much if candy-making jobs are moving to Canada, why do sugar farmers > contribute funds to candidates if the representati

RE: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Gray, Lynn
By saying it was inappropriate I meant it was rude. I am aware of the weight of the evidence in regard to human evolution. However, to say that those who believe in Biblical creation are dumb/ignorant is at the very least less than good manners. Lynn -Original Message- From: Robin Hans

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Fred Foldvary
--- Alex wrote: > Yes, I believe that the majority of the American public supports > farm subsidies. Why do corporations, lawyers, unions, and other interests provide candidates and elected representatives with millions of dollars of funds and favors if they just vote to satisfy the median

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Actually, if you read closely, you will see that I implied that Americans who believe that God created human beings pretty much the way they are now about 10,000 years ago are *not* ignorant. The remarks were appropriate because they address the issue under discussion. As economists,

RE: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Robin Hanson
Lynn Gray wrote: >The implication that those who believe in the historical accuracy of the >Bible are ignorant was inappropriate, Alex. > > >Forty four percent of the American public thinks that "God created > >human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the > >last 10,000 y

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2002-07-17 Thread John-charles Bradbury
I tried to send the to the list earlier, but it has not gone through according to my records.  If this is a repeat message, I apologize.   "There is no such thing as free blood."   See this story below from The Charlotte Observer. 

Re: Interview with Gary Becker

2002-07-17 Thread Anton Sherwood
Carl Close wrote: > Here's an interesting interview that may prompt some discussion Next time could you put it in plain text so that the mail client treats it as a link? Or, if you must send HTML mail, make it a proper link yourself? Or refrain from putting the meat in "size -3"? -- Anton

RE: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Gray, Lynn
The implication that those who believe in the historical accuracy of the Bible are ignorant was inappropriate, Alex. Lynn -Original Message- From: Alex Tabarrok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Republican Reversal

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Rodney F Weiher
You mean He didn't? Rodney Weiher Alex Tabarrok wrote: > Yes, I believe that the majority of the American public supports > farm subsidies. The rational ignorance assumption fails to explain this > - it's not like the information that governments spends billions on the > farmers is hard t

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Anton Sherwood
fabio guillermo rojas wrote: > . . . lobbiests (sp?) . . . Since you ask: lobbyists. `y' changes to `i' before `-est' (superlative) and `-(e)th' (ordinal) but not before `-ist' (agent). -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ athier than thou

Re: Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Yes, I believe that the majority of the American public supports farm subsidies. The rational ignorance assumption fails to explain this - it's not like the information that governments spends billions on the farmers is hard to find. Some combination of Bryan's rational irrationality an

Re: Quantity/Bulk discounts

2002-07-17 Thread Ole J. Rogeberg
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