| No, human behavior enables things like the Laffer curve to be defined and held up like a shiny bauble by a politically motivated half-wit. Laffer has never had and never will have anything to do with pre-existing human behavior itself. He never defined any of the math objects he used. As far as I can see he’s not invented any net new value, he translated English economic babble into math. It’s elementary abstraction by today’s standards. Since most people could barely balance a checkbook in his day, he’s a genius for life. It’s like taking a child’s drawing of a tree and acting like the child gave life to the tree. It’s ridiculous to foist prestige on idiots wielding arithmetic. Look at the misogynistic, misandrist, classist, racist, culture our elders grew up in and chuck their prestige in the bin; they’re human like everyone else. You want to put a number value on others? Here’s yours; 1 of 7 billion+. Rich people are rich because everyone else worries if we tax them, everyone can’t magically become rich. They’re aren’t actually smarter, stronger, better; it’s just propaganda; aka today as data science. |