tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847760479547961465.post7791573177836990483..comments2023-04-02T10:23:51.840-05:00Comments on All the clever names were taken.: Plutocracy@logantreedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890614622614672313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847760479547961465.post-16397579145082483232010-10-04T15:38:10.666-05:002010-10-04T15:38:10.666-05:00Oh, I get your point. But yeah, I was talking abo...Oh, I get your point. But yeah, I was talking about tax policy, maniacal Friedmanism, free trade cheerleading, and all the mantras surrounding those things. And I don't mean that everyone at Harvard is a passive servant of power, but it seems like many people coming out of there are taking very safe positions, so to speak.<br /><br />But about your larger point: Of course the powerful think it's fair. They made the rules. And they control the media, so a large portion of the lower classes are coerced into believing things are pretty fair, too. That's the part where they get mad at immigrants or not-actual-Mosques that won't get built at not-really-Ground-Zero.Justin Santorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968542586837270500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847760479547961465.post-58277892154072519282010-10-04T13:15:07.927-05:002010-10-04T13:15:07.927-05:00Oh I see - the part on taxes. Yeah... that's r...Oh I see - the part on taxes. Yeah... that's really just slogans (ie - free market, free trade, and all associated with it and no caveats) over models as Krugman terms it.@logantreedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890614622614672313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847760479547961465.post-19299436446593001712010-10-04T13:10:05.696-05:002010-10-04T13:10:05.696-05:00I'm not sure I follow. One of the authors of t...I'm not sure I follow. One of the authors of this paper is a Harvard Prof., and he's clearly devoted his current work to showing the income discrepancies of the US. The larger point is that even the powerful think our country is much much more fair that it is in reality.@logantreedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10890614622614672313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847760479547961465.post-21091598907497389032010-10-04T09:15:17.808-05:002010-10-04T09:15:17.808-05:00Much of economic academia (IE- HARVARD) are servan...Much of economic academia (IE- HARVARD) are servants of prevailing power structures, so it comes as no surprise that they call for policies that bolster that power.<br />That's my take on it, at least. This opinion has not been privatized, but it will be shortly.Justin Santorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968542586837270500noreply@blogger.com