Discussion Tuesday

Let us talk about New Zealand again.  Another “important question”:

New Zealand needs capital-deepening.

Good, now give your answer.

Is it consistent with the recommendations you gave last week?

Discussion Tuesday

Let us talk about New Zealand.  This is an important question, I hope you guys will give me all the answers 🙂

New Zealand is the type of country where taxes on land and taxes on capital are appropriate new policy tools

Once again, remember that these are points for discussion – I am not saying I agree or disagree with them.

Discussion Tuesday

A statement that is becoming increasingly popular – but is it true?

Taxing capital, which is wealth, is the right way to address fundamental inequalities of opportunity in society

Once again, remember that these are points for discussion – I am not saying I agree or disagree with them.

Discussion Tuesday

From here this claim:

Economics, psychology, and neuroscience are converging today into a unified discipline of Neuroeconomics with the ultimate aim of providing a single, general theory of human decision making.

Once again, remember that these are points for discussion – I am not saying I agree or disagree with them.

Discussion Tuesday (on Wednesday)

Let us see if we can get a little bit of ethics going:

“Social good” is a philosophically unsound notion, made up by economists and policy wonks to justify their own existence.

Once again, remember that these are points for discussion – I am not saying I agree or disagree with them.

Discussion Tuesday

An easy one for today … 😛

Economics and free will are incompatible

Once again, remember that these are points for discussion – I am not saying I agree or disagree with them.