Will there ever be an article on econlib.org that says "free markets are not very competitive in such and such cases and maybe regulation is needed in such and such markets"?
I don't want to be inflammatory but pretty much all economic blogs are intellectually dishonest junk where economists, Nobel Prize winners and all, write simplistic pop-economics supporting the political leanings of whoever funds their research.
I'm somewhat bothered that these blogs, make it to the top of HN. Surely smart people should be bothered by the intellectual dishonesty, even if it might reaffirm their beliefs.
What an arrogant way to see things. All bloggers economists write "intellectually dishonest junk" now. And talking about simplistic, isn't your comment too simplistic? It puts together everything and everybody in 1 box, you can't go more simplistic than that.
Assuming automatically that the state stands outside the nature of man as a perfect institution with the ABILITY to 'correct' market outcomes. There's whole fields of literature examining this and most regulation falls far short.
I don't want to be inflammatory but pretty much all economic blogs are intellectually dishonest junk where economists, Nobel Prize winners and all, write simplistic pop-economics supporting the political leanings of whoever funds their research.
I'm somewhat bothered that these blogs, make it to the top of HN. Surely smart people should be bothered by the intellectual dishonesty, even if it might reaffirm their beliefs.