tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post8560702268832265305..comments2024-03-18T15:42:43.140+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Kidney Counsels of DespairEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-48829701845544583482012-10-19T08:31:07.486+13:002012-10-19T08:31:07.486+13:00Duly noted; apologies.Duly noted; apologies.churchofrationalitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-69668530773401365362012-10-19T06:42:29.639+13:002012-10-19T06:42:29.639+13:00I said "more like". Of course it's a...I said "more like". Of course it's a continuum.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-77516818128363817392012-10-19T00:47:09.597+13:002012-10-19T00:47:09.597+13:00I think you're setting up a false dichotomy th...I think you're setting up a false dichotomy there - either something is an unchangeable physical constraint, or it should not be conceptualized as a constraint. But of course there are many things that are changeable in principle and hard to change in practice. In some cases, it might be the best analytical decision to see what might happen given certain constraints. It might also be the best political decision. When people are dying, perhaps keeping your libertarian credentials clean should not be the first priority.<br /><br /><br />A better medical analogy might be a prize for finding out how to make pills work even if patients take them only from time to time. Of course one might wish for higher patient compliance (and work to achieve it, and research influences on patient compliance), but given that no one knows how to achieve it, a Nobel for increasing the compliance-robustness of medicines would seem fully justified.churchofrationalitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-43130442601127295152012-10-18T20:18:08.994+13:002012-10-18T20:18:08.994+13:00Depends whether voter constraints are more like be...Depends whether voter constraints are more like beliefs that can be changed or physical facts of the world that cannot.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-63605258143584452232012-10-18T20:11:54.555+13:002012-10-18T20:11:54.555+13:00I like leaving Easter eggs lying around.I like leaving Easter eggs lying around.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-83697289459828503552012-10-18T19:52:39.470+13:002012-10-18T19:52:39.470+13:00"... visceral reactions against any kind of k..."... visceral reactions against any kind of kidney exchanges."<br /><br />Was that a deliberate pun?fibbyhttp://twitter.com/fibby17noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-37439505663309931792012-10-17T20:04:34.743+13:002012-10-17T20:04:34.743+13:00Landsburg's comment reminds me of the old joke...Landsburg's comment reminds me of the old joke about economists: "Assume we were in a world without constraints . . ." Which, by the way, strikes me as a pretty un-economic way of looking at things.churchofrationalitynoreply@blogger.com