Comment author: James_Miller 09 May 2014 08:00:21PM 10 points [-]

The second moral should be "I can only make comparative advantage look bad by assuming a magical wizard or by postulating a world in which a farmer has only one potential trading partner."

(Note: I teach a course titled "The Magic of the Marketplace.")

Comment author: ElTighre 09 May 2014 10:09:55PM 3 points [-]

He did label this as satire

In response to Meetup : Houston, TX
Comment author: ElTighre 03 May 2014 03:10:46PM 1 point [-]

I'm at 8181 Fannin St. and looking at an hour by bike, anybody in the area that can give me a ride?

Comment author: ElTighre 17 January 2014 07:02:27PM 6 points [-]

Excellent post. I'm glad to find some more stuff on LessWrong that's directly applicable to real life and the things I'm doing right now.