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Wednesday Sticky - 7/15/15. (self.badeconomics)

wumbotarianI want to be the Walrasian Auctioneer when I grow up[M] が 投稿 - stickied post

New sticky for wednesdays. I don't know how to program the automod to do M/W/F stickies. I'll figure that out eventually.

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[–]HealthcareEconomist3Krugman Triggers Me 3ポイント4ポイント  (9子コメント)

You are visited by an alien race who demand you must kill an entire occupational classification otherwise they will destroy the planet. Which one do you choose and why?

[–]haalidoodiOn second thought, let's not go to r/econ. It is a silly place. 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just let them destroy the planet. The stimulative effect from having to rebuild literally everything should just about fix our economy forever.

[–]Fallline048 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

53-6031 Gas Pump Attendants. Specifically in full-service states. I can pump my own gas and don't need my time wasted while you try to fill 3 cars at once and yell at me when I try to exit my vehicle, then expect a tip for the inconvenience.

[–]haalidoodiOn second thought, let's not go to r/econ. It is a silly place. 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I've spent most of my life in Michigan. Is this still a think in some places? I can't say I've ever seen gas pump attendants outside of 40's noir films and possibly some Keaton comedies.

[–]wyman856People are horses 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

As far as I know, New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states in the U.S. that continue full-service, mainly because their attendants unionized and successfully lobbied for making/keeping self service illegal back in the day.

[–]UltSomnia 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Obviously healthcare economists.

[–]alexhoyerhoard plywood now for our ANCAP overlords 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Art critics. Fuck them, if it's so easy they should do it.

[–]haalidoodiOn second thought, let's not go to r/econ. It is a silly place. 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I went with a friend to the DIA recently and they were loudly complaining about the quality of some colonial-era furniture on display in the American art section. Do they count?

[–]Meta-Cognition"Neoclassical Bernankean shill" 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Modern artists.

Fuck off. Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and Raphael's School of Athens are all you need.

[–]k4rter 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

car dealers, let Tesla sell those cars directly.

[–]commentsrusBring maymayday back! 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Prediction: 120 comments in 6 hours

[–]k4rter 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

will Krugman be happy?

[–]IntegraldsI am the rep agent AMA 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

We've done taxes and subsidies, what about expenditures?

  • An expenditure category or program that should receive more funding.
  • An expenditure category or program that should receive less funding.
  • An expenditure category or program that is receiving about the right amount of funding.
  • A new expenditure category or program.
  • An expenditure category or program that should be eliminated.

I'm using "expenditure category or program" to be as broad as possible. "NASA" counts. "Defense" counts, as do subsets like "CIA" or "the F-35" or "$3,000 screwdrivers." "Health spending" counts, as do subsets of health like "Medicare" or "Medicare Part D" or "Medicare prescription drugs."

You may not answer "waste, fraud, and abuse," because that's lame.

[–]Meta-Cognition"Neoclassical Bernankean shill" 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

More funding: R&D.

Less funding: The prison system.

Right amount of funding: Defence (although you could allocate the existing budget a bit better).

New expenditure: NGDP futures market ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Eliminated: Social security.

Of course, all of these come with caveats of complimentary policies.

[–]wyman856People are horses 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I found this piece via Tyler Cowen on the relationship between Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson, "The Rivals."

It has a great deal of meta-economics history and is a really well-done piece overall.

[–]IntegraldsI am the rep agent AMA 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I read that too quickly, as "I found this place via Tyler Cowen," and thought we'd hit the big leagues with a link from MR.

[–]wumbotarianI want to be the Walrasian Auctioneer when I grow up[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Someone reported a comment of mine because I broke Rule III.

I kek'd