And of course the way to ensure the continued dominance of English in technical and scientific fields is to let an unlimited number of grad students and engineers into the US, UK, Australia, and NZ.
I don't know a single person out there that is complaining about gas prices. Different crowds I guess. As to the rest of your wild speculation, please follow http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/energy/index.html for awhile.
Does anyone claim the Blu-ray/HD-DVD battle does g
For example, by providing employment opportunities for more engineers? I don't think so. The broken window fallacy isn't being invoked by anyone here, though I'm glad you're aware of it so you can call it out when it is used, which is frequently.
If I read the article correctly government employees are worried about their functions being "outsourced" to the private sector -- typical of government employees worldwide. No indication of worry about outsourcing to Bangladesh or wherever.
It'll probably be awhile, but I look forward to the day when wages have risen enough in India and infrastructure good enough in even poorer locales to make outsourcing from India a boon.
That won't be "poetic justice" or "karma is a bitch", that'll be good for both India and wherever Indians outsource work to.
Jealousy is "I wish I had what X has -- let's see how I can steal it." Envy is "I don't have what X has -- let's see how I can destroy it." Obviously envy is more destructive, as it can only be negative sum.
No, the present value of revenues collected decades from now is the same for anyone (modulo different individual discount rates) -- a tiny fraction of the value of revenues collected now. Participation by investors doesn't change the arguments for or against perpetual copyright at all.
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You have got to be kidding me.
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As is precisely the case in nearly every copyright-based takedown, suit, or other attack on websites and p2p.
Not only is copyright enforcement censorship, but so-called piracy fights what everyone censorship.
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1.2 billion, not 3 billion
And of course the way to ensure the continued dominance of English in technical and scientific fields is to let an unlimited number of grad students and engineers into the US, UK, Australia, and NZ.
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Policy Analysis Markets
Also see http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/05/07/economists-petition-on-prediction-markets/ for ongoing coverage of the petition.
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close your wifi
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Does anyone claim the Blu-ray/HD-DVD battle does g
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Not offshoring
It'll probably be awhile, but I look forward to the day when wages have risen enough in India and infrastructure good enough in even poorer locales to make outsourcing from India a boon.
That won't be "poetic justice" or "karma is a bitch", that'll be good for both India and wherever Indians outsource work to.
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ban human-driven vehicles
http://ideas.4brad.com/node/410
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Mix of envy, jealousy, and greed
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