Comments on: The Academic-Man’s Burden http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/the-academic-mans-burden.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/the-academic-mans-burden.html/comment-page-1#comment-180505 Anonymous Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:46:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6299#comment-180505 I don't know why my follow-up comment didn't post -- but I'm smart enough to know that there's no such thing as an unskilled worker, and I apologize for the reference. It was a bad choice of words. OTOH -- these (+/-) minimum wage workers may have more skills than our domestic team is capable of dealing with. You only need to dwell on that for a moment before you take a position on immigration and borders. I'm going to take a break and see if TVLand is playing some reruns of Andy and Opie. I don’t know why my follow-up comment didn’t post — but I’m smart enough to know that there’s no such thing as an unskilled worker, and I apologize for the reference. It was a bad choice of words. OTOH — these (+/-) minimum wage workers may have more skills than our domestic team is capable of dealing with. You only need to dwell on that for a moment before you take a position on immigration and borders. I’m going to take a break and see if TVLand is playing some reruns of Andy and Opie.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/the-academic-mans-burden.html/comment-page-1#comment-180502 Anonymous Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:22:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6299#comment-180502 More interesting questions would be why 70 percent of the respondents were immigrants. Is this normal among minimum wage workers? If so, are legal and illegal immigrants included in the teenage unemployment figures? If not, domestic unemployment figures must be drastically higher than what's reported -- if so, domestic workers must really feel frustrated by the competition (!? linguistically challenged unskilled workers). The only thing that makes sense to me is that the sampling is very suspect. More interesting questions would be why 70 percent of the respondents were immigrants. Is this normal among minimum wage workers? If so, are legal and illegal immigrants included in the teenage unemployment figures? If not, domestic unemployment figures must be drastically higher than what’s reported — if so, domestic workers must really feel frustrated by the competition (!? linguistically challenged unskilled workers).

The only thing that makes sense to me is that the sampling is very suspect.

]]> By: Ike Pigott http://cafehayek.com/2009/09/the-academic-mans-burden.html/comment-page-1#comment-180453 Ike Pigott Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:16:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6299#comment-180453 "Prof. Chaison’s claim is implausible." So is the notion that we can increase the amount of health care provided to a larger pool of people with no appreciable gain in the number of providers for a fraction of the current cost. Since when has that stopped the dreamers? “Prof. Chaison’s claim is implausible.”

So is the notion that we can increase the amount of health care provided to a larger pool of people with no appreciable gain in the number of providers for a fraction of the current cost.

Since when has that stopped the dreamers?

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