Any essay that includes Adam Smith and Milton Friedman (the GOAT of economics) will likely deliver an important message; yours did, even though Hayek's name was skipped. Your allusion to what you long ago called "The American Question" is entirely apt: if you're so smart why aren't you rich?
How is it possible that here we are in the 21st Century and humans en masse have not learned enough from history to abandon the implied hubris of a super majority of economists?
When common sense conflicts with naive rights or wants, something has to go. It is usually the person raising any common sense issue. Keep up the great work.
It took a bit, as I'm sure you knew would be the case, to see why you were using the figure of 217 million, and, accordingly, I assume that there is some specific policy being implemented out of Brazilia that prompted this post. But not all of your readers are as well-informed about world affairs as you might wish. I very likely missed some of the bread crumbs you dropped. Could you toss out a bigger piece of the loaf? Enough, at least, so that I, for one, could know whether to look for rye, or white, or pumpernickle, or whole wheat? Oh, and thanks for mentioning a few additional names beyond Friedman and Smith. I can follow that trail.
Any essay that includes Adam Smith and Milton Friedman (the GOAT of economics) will likely deliver an important message; yours did, even though Hayek's name was skipped. Your allusion to what you long ago called "The American Question" is entirely apt: if you're so smart why aren't you rich?
How is it possible that here we are in the 21st Century and humans en masse have not learned enough from history to abandon the implied hubris of a super majority of economists?
When common sense conflicts with naive rights or wants, something has to go. It is usually the person raising any common sense issue. Keep up the great work.
It took a bit, as I'm sure you knew would be the case, to see why you were using the figure of 217 million, and, accordingly, I assume that there is some specific policy being implemented out of Brazilia that prompted this post. But not all of your readers are as well-informed about world affairs as you might wish. I very likely missed some of the bread crumbs you dropped. Could you toss out a bigger piece of the loaf? Enough, at least, so that I, for one, could know whether to look for rye, or white, or pumpernickle, or whole wheat? Oh, and thanks for mentioning a few additional names beyond Friedman and Smith. I can follow that trail.