tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post8396060603023108387..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Quote of the week: economics editionEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-76860691876705571522015-01-13T21:00:26.796+13:002015-01-13T21:00:26.796+13:00i don't think that is necessarily the case. I ...i don't think that is necessarily the case. I think you can acknowledge individual agency without mythologizing individual responsibility as conservatives doMichael Philipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-65793948316062203012015-01-13T14:36:52.261+13:002015-01-13T14:36:52.261+13:00Possibly because we value the individual more high...Possibly because we value the individual more highly than other ideologies, so we tend to believe in an individual's ability to deal with their oppression on their own terms. But (thinking out loud), is that naive of us?Feminist Optimalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-70786274444070952172015-01-13T12:40:49.301+13:002015-01-13T12:40:49.301+13:00Agree entirely. But libertarians, who either shoul...Agree entirely. But libertarians, who either should or who do, don't typically go on "check your privilege" rants or deny agency to those who are oppressed by saying it's a mark of privilege to be able to choose to not take offence at stuff.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-36727186742581335732015-01-12T22:48:21.002+13:002015-01-12T22:48:21.002+13:00I have always found allegations of ideological bia...I have always found allegations of ideological bias and implicit value judgements in economics to be rather funny, but they are serious allegations.<br /><br />With the ideological bias in value judgement in saying that the demand curve slopes downwards, that there are unintended consequences in human action and that incentives matter in all fields of human endeavour?Jim Rosehttp://utopiayouarestandinginit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-86365592906561961092015-01-12T20:44:47.414+13:002015-01-12T20:44:47.414+13:00It's possible to understand privilege and oppr...It's possible to understand privilege and oppression without being on the Left, you know.Feminist Optimalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-703779946481934292015-01-12T15:16:36.075+13:002015-01-12T15:16:36.075+13:00I'm still laughing.I'm still laughing.Mark Hubbardhttp://lifebehindtheirondrape.blogspot.co.nz/noreply@blogger.com