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Leftism Fails at Basic Economic Incentives (medium.com)
2 points by _bearMountain 3349 days ago
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_bearMountain 3342 days ago
Follow up article: Misunderstanding Economics — The “All Or Nothing” Fallacy. https://medium.com/@unlocking/misunderstanding-economics-the...
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wahern 3349 days ago
Coefficient of elasticity. It's fundamental to understanding how incentives work. It's also something you learn in Econ 101 or from any basic economic textbook. This guy clearly hasn't bothered to do his homework.
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_bearMountain 3349 days ago
(% change var A)/(% change var B). Are you saying this proves or disproves something? Please elaborate.
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