Comments on: Like Marginal Revolution’s Slogan http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Douglas http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html/comment-page-1#comment-52924 Douglas Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html#comment-52924 <p>Don, I have to say that despite my misgivings about certain themes in your posts, The Prosperity Pool is a home run all around.</p> Don, I have to say that despite my misgivings about certain themes in your posts, The Prosperity Pool is a home run all around.

]]> By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html/comment-page-1#comment-52925 vidyohs Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html#comment-52925 <p>Good post.</p> <p>We could also note that when the government drops the big boulder in the pool, not only is the water splashed wildly to evaporate outside the pool, now we have a big boulder displacing a sizable amount of the space in the pool into which no more water can go.</p> <p>Furthermore we find that as only government can put the boulder in, only government can get it out. Historically government refuses to remove their FUs.</p> Good post.

We could also note that when the government drops the big boulder in the pool, not only is the water splashed wildly to evaporate outside the pool, now we have a big boulder displacing a sizable amount of the space in the pool into which no more water can go.

Furthermore we find that as only government can put the boulder in, only government can get it out. Historically government refuses to remove their FUs.

]]> By: BoscoH http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html/comment-page-1#comment-52926 BoscoH Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html#comment-52926 <p><i>The saying 'Best thing since sliced bread' is meant to be ironic....</i></p> <p>No it's not. And I would go out on an <i>ad hominem</i> limb and say that anyone who uses that phrase sarcastically or ironically is (a) not so smart as he imagines, and (b) probably has mommy/daddy issues.</p> <p>What sliced bread does is super conveniently provide a portion of grain/carbs that kids (and even adults) will want to consume. That's why 99% of people who use the phrase are paying homage to sliced bread. The 1% aren't even being ironic or snarky. They're being dorks.</p> The saying 'Best thing since sliced bread' is meant to be ironic….

No it's not. And I would go out on an ad hominem limb and say that anyone who uses that phrase sarcastically or ironically is (a) not so smart as he imagines, and (b) probably has mommy/daddy issues.

What sliced bread does is super conveniently provide a portion of grain/carbs that kids (and even adults) will want to consume. That's why 99% of people who use the phrase are paying homage to sliced bread. The 1% aren't even being ironic or snarky. They're being dorks.

]]> By: Jeremy http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html/comment-page-1#comment-52927 Jeremy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html#comment-52927 <p>Actually, I think that sliced bread is a pretty significant achievement. I speak from no great expertise in the history of bread and/or breadmaking (I'm sure there's a graduate student somewhere specializing in loaf-producing), but it seems like a mechanism for realizing the economies of scale of producing an entire loaf of bread rather than baking individual portions at a time. </p> <p>Long live sliced bread!</p> Actually, I think that sliced bread is a pretty significant achievement. I speak from no great expertise in the history of bread and/or breadmaking (I'm sure there's a graduate student somewhere specializing in loaf-producing), but it seems like a mechanism for realizing the economies of scale of producing an entire loaf of bread rather than baking individual portions at a time.

Long live sliced bread!

]]> By: Jeremy http://cafehayek.com/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html/comment-page-1#comment-52928 Jeremy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.86.159/2009/07/like-marginal-revolutions-slogan.html#comment-52928 <p>Actually, I think that sliced bread is a pretty significant achievement. I speak from no great expertise in the history of bread and/or breadmaking (I'm sure there's a graduate student somewhere specializing in loaf-producing), but it seems like a mechanism for realizing the economies of scale of producing an entire loaf of bread rather than baking individual portions at a time. </p> <p>Long live sliced bread!</p> Actually, I think that sliced bread is a pretty significant achievement. I speak from no great expertise in the history of bread and/or breadmaking (I'm sure there's a graduate student somewhere specializing in loaf-producing), but it seems like a mechanism for realizing the economies of scale of producing an entire loaf of bread rather than baking individual portions at a time.

Long live sliced bread!

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