Comments on: Adam Smith and Financial Regulation

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Yasafi read that Arianna Huffington, or some other leftard has determined that the Obama-as-Joker poster is racist, while the Bush-as-Joker poster was just good, clean humor.

By: Sam Grove

Sam Grove — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Was I confusing?

Muir is apparently persuaded by Republican pro-market rhetoric that they have, in fact, been busily passing pro free-market legislation for the years he mentions.

Of course, he also bought into the hope and change of Wall Street’s man.

He appears to me to be profoundly intellectually dishonest with himself.

By: MWG

MWG — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:07:00 +0000

“You obviously take Republicans at their word when they say they support free markets. I don’t.”

So you’re in favor of free markets? Muir you are a riddle…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Ya – I’d agree with that. Maybe N. Korea is a decent if extreme candidate for socialism, but I don’t think it represents my views any more than Somalia represents yours (which is ultimately the whole point of raising these purported “examples”). I was just using the analogy that justpassingthrough2 lead with. Regardless of the comparative relevance, neither example is very constructive.

By: MWG

MWG — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

“Unfortunately, many people do just that on here. And it has about the same relevance and substance as when muirgeo cites Somalia.”

Actually N. Korea IS a good example of state control taken to the extreme (Too extreme, you’re right) Somalia, on the other hand is NOT an example of freedom or free markets taken to the extreme… Quite the opposite.

In other words, people who cite North Korea as an example of socialism are probably being too harsh. When muir cites Somalia as an example of a libertarianism, he’s being dumb.