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more on Off-shoring and the Free Market
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:02:09 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:44:58 -0500 From: Russell Nelson <nelson () crynwr com> Subject: Re: [IP] : Off-shoring and the Free Market To: dave () farber net Cc: "Bosley, John - BLS" <Bosley.John () bls gov> I'd point out two things: 1) John Bosley's job at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a free market in labor are incompatible with each other. As a rule, one cannot control what one does not measure. Measurement, then, can be seen as the first step to control. His failure to find any free-market economists in his workplace was quite predictable. As to the quality of the economists that he did find, their failure to appreciate the freedom of markets speaks volumes. 2) The commentary to which he refers was emailed directly to him and never made it to IP. For those who want to read it, it's now posted at http://angry-economist.russnelson.com/offshoring.html 3) John's necessity to label neoliberals as "twits" is solely because the facts are not on his side. 4) While I have a tendency to rant, the rant that John forwarded goes WAY beyond the pale. It completely fails to explain why societies are prosperous to the extent that they allow people to trade without restriction. 5) The alternative to leaving people be to trade as they wish -- free markets -- is to force them to trade in a way OTHER than the one they would choose. Personally, I'm not wise enough to control somebody else's life. Who here can claim to be? Okay, so I got carried away and pointed out five things. -- --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Free markets react to Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | nonsense by charging more 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | for it, gratuitiously.Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | Foolishness costs.
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