>Faustine grumbled (among other blather):
>Nothing good enough to get mentioned at NBER, the veritable gold standard (if
>you'll allow) of academic research in economics.
>
>I think Friedman's popularity must have something to do with having a ready-
>made audien
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> James Donald wrote:
> > > So all of us are full bore paranoids?
>
> Faustine
> >Is that really what you got out of what I said?
>
> Yes. You are so persistently catty and insulting that you could
Faustine wrote:
> Too true. But if we want to actually reach people who *would* care if only
they
> knew, it's important to talk about it without coming across like a full-bore
> paranoid. It seems like a bad idea to risk losing credibility with careless
> rhetoric and slop
Quoting Sandy Sandfort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Faustine wrote:
>
> > Here's a gaming scenario from Susan
> > Strange's "States and Markets" (1988)
> > called "Desert Island"...
> >
> > Any takers? :)
>
> Count
prevail? Will entirely new
groups emerge? And what about the people who strike out on their own?
Any takers? :)
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
At 3:28 PM -0400 4/30/01, Faustine wrote:
>Quoting Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>
>> At 6:32 PM -0700 4/28/01, Tim May wrote:
>> >
>> >(You see, the "quick review" process is much better than the method
>> >you suggested re: econ
Faustine wrote:
>
> Too true. But if we want to actually reach people who *would* care if only
they
> knew, it's important to talk about it without coming across like a full-bore
> paranoid. It seems like a bad idea to risk losing credibility with careless
> rhetoric and s
't need to spend several months wading through
> >cryptography textbooks to come up to a level that is sufficient to
> >understand the real issues.)
>
> I erred. I got Aimee mixed-up with Faustine. It is Faustine who
> argues for reading Samuelson instead of the books
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At 03:37 PM 4/27/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote:
> > We should hold ourselves and our friends to HIGHER standards if we
> > want to get somewhere in the long run.
>
> You could start by holding yourself to t
Quoting William Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Faustine replies:
> > Quoting William Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> [David Friedman has published in ...]
> > > Journal of Law and Economics (more than once)
> > > Journal of Political Economy (m
Cryptome Tempest archive and he could judge for
himself. It worked, now he takes it seriously instead of relying on nebulous
internet hype. Cryptome.org is so valuable, just getting people to read it is a
public service in itself.
~Faustine.
p.s. In case anyone here somehow missed it
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At 03:11 PM 4/26/2001 -0400,
>
> James Donald:
> >> Faustine demonstrating his(SIC)cheerful ignorance of economics, and who
> is who in economics:
> Faustine wrote:
> >No need to get personal.
&g
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'We live in a ce
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Faustine demonstrating his (SIC) cheerful ignorance of economics, and who is
> who in economics:
No need to get personal. I know how well-regarded Friedman is in Libertarian
circles. Ignorant in many respects, certain
Quoting William Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Faustine sez:
> [David Friedman has published . . .]
> > Nothing good enough to get mentioned at NBER, the
> > veritable gold standard
> > (if
> > you'll allow) of academic research in economics.
>
> 5
Yep, you know why? Because there's a huge difference between being an economist
at a widget factory and being an policy-oriented economist at a think tank. I
was talking about analysts interested in the big picture. More power to the
MBAs and what they do, but they really are extremely l
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> --
> At 04:50 PM 4/24/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote:
> >http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law/Anarchy_and_Eff_Law.
> html.
> >
> >
> >I read these essays: is this really represen
t, fine. But if anyone wants to point me toward the
hard core analysis here, I'd be delighted.
Too bad I can't make it to Oakland tonight either, I'm sure it would have been
fun. Especially the Q & A. heh.
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
) as 'hard science' i.e, 'real'
science. And heaven help the person who got him started on psychology and
sociology. I guess some people are just more hard core than others!
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
chance either way? Is that what you really want? Think about it.
The one thing I know is this:
Everyone deserves a fair trial.
Even lunatics. Even you.
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
Quoting Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At 10:30 PM -0400 4/21/01, Faustine wrote:
> >
> >Even if you don't, there are few things more useful than building up a
> common
> >terminology to use when trying to talk to (and learn from) people who
> really
>
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At 04:08 PM 4/20/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote:
> > I still think the quickest way to get a firm technical grasp of
> > micro and macro economics is to sit down and work through problems
> > for yourself with tex
ective on the stupid: if we're mainly
interested in whipping up a lot of support from stupid people I guess that's
the best way to go. But being included in the debate in a meaningful way is
going to take a lot more than that.
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
Quoting "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> --
> At 08:28 PM 4/18/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote:
> >True, but my point was that the 'Samuelson technical stuff' has its
> place.
>
> All that technical stuff is in the Friedman's b
our mindset. And what could be less in the spirit of
libertarianism than that? Of course the answer isn't 'read everything'. But
making the committment to creativity, curiosity and analytical rigor couldn't
hurt.
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
Quoting Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> At 5:32 PM -0400 4/18/01, Faustine wrote:
> >Excellent list, but one small bone to pick:
> >
> >>And there are a dozen other books. The Well-Read Cypherpunk should
> >>know something about free market economics (not t
there are those who struggle all their lives.
These are the indispensable ones.'
-- Brecht
Something to think about.
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and
reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).
line of thought
certainly seems to have some interesting policy implications, particularly re.
making the idea of forced key recovery obsolete. Any references to further
papers or applications would be most welcome...thanks!
~Faustine.
'We live in a century in which obscurity protects
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