tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post117045599724830103..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: The high price of tortillasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-1170468553516953842007-02-02T21:09:00.000-05:002007-02-02T21:09:00.000-05:00I used to say that reporters should take several s...I used to say that reporters should take several semesters of economics in college so that they would get stories like this right. Of course, given that there are economists who will get on TV and say they support the minimum wage or tariffs, such courses probably won't do much good.<BR/><BR/>The reporters, just like the TV pseudo-economists, fail to think in principles. It is this basic failure to think that needs to be corrected. The alternative is concrete-bound reporting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-1170462490976566142007-02-02T19:28:00.000-05:002007-02-02T19:28:00.000-05:00What are you carzy. Didn't you read Tracinski's co...What are you carzy. Didn't you read Tracinski's columns about "what went right"? Dont you know that fundamental philosophical principles are irrelevant? Milton Friedman is popular and India has a pro-free market PM. The world is sprinting towards freedom and capitalism. <BR/><BR/>Didn't you get the memo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com