"zero" is almost always the wrong number to any question only people deeply ignorance of economics say such stupid things https://twitter.com/LaurenWitzkeDE/status/1313812785432846338 …
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8/ How many traffic deaths should we tolerate? More than zero. How many house fires? More than zero. How many accidental shootings? More than zero.
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9/ I'm talking about ideal numbers...specifically, what they are NOT. You're talking about policy and negotiation tactics. The two topics are basically unrelated.https://twitter.com/YelloPaddedCell/status/1313912600376143873 …
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10/ Nothing is entirely evil/pernicious, because nothing is without both costs and benefits. How many murders should we have? Zero? What is the cost ON OTHER AXISES of achieving that? https://twitter.com/DeanBradleySFF/status/1313912536199245826 …
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11/ meh, you're not debating policy details I have been talking this entire time about declining marginal utility https://twitter.com/DeanBradleySFF/status/1313912871244439553 …
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It doesn't save a buck. It transfers a buck from an American worker to an American capitalist. No bucks are saved, only redistributed. At the cost of higher pop. density & less cultural cohesion. If paying people less is so great, offer to take a pay cut. Efficiency!
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Reminds me of the question I asked which I haven't looked that closely for an answer to: If overnight every international student disappeared, what is the actual impact on STEM grad research? In other words, what is the marginal decrease?
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Is available talent more limited (marginal decrease might be very large here!) or is available slots more limited (marginal decrease might be very small here)
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