tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624436327404149621.post1970322266200341923..comments2024-03-28T20:07:31.640-07:00Comments on Quantitative Ease by Carola Binder: Something Economists Can Agree OnCarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783977056485775882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624436327404149621.post-36376794626381117642013-01-10T21:37:49.748-08:002013-01-10T21:37:49.748-08:00Is AVERAGE prosperity really on anyone's radar...Is AVERAGE prosperity really on anyone's radar? The lot of the poorest groups can fall even as AVERAGE prosperity rises (duh). The real debate is between tax policies that help increase the prosperity of all groups including the poor, and tax policies which merely aspire to help the poor at the expense of the not so poor but in reality leave everyone worse off.moronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345351879649433376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624436327404149621.post-55170682706364772702013-01-08T20:27:32.060-08:002013-01-08T20:27:32.060-08:00Isn't this obvious?
The utility that we get f...Isn't this obvious?<br /><br />The utility that we get from raising the living standard of our fellow countrymen is a lot higher than the utility gained from raising the living standard of someone living outside my country.<br /><br />The closer people live to me and the more they operate in my sphere of interaction, the more I gain from increases to their standard of living.<br /><br />Isn't this obvious?<br /><br />Please do not confuse a desire for redistribution with general selflessness. It's confusing enough when we redistributionists do so.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894012303210613148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5624436327404149621.post-1299977943437697992013-01-08T17:06:36.566-08:002013-01-08T17:06:36.566-08:00Why do redistributionists never claim that America...Why do redistributionists never claim that Americans should be sending a large portion of our tax collections to Africa for an even greater increase in overall societal welfare?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06631000405343026802noreply@blogger.com