tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6246283494839190638..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Alcohol - the new tobaccoChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-14757070388229865942009-10-09T11:29:03.888+01:002009-10-09T11:29:03.888+01:00Fair point Crampton, although I think economists -...Fair point Crampton, although I think economists - like all specialists - are inclined to overlook other aspects. For example, The Economist is representative of free trade Classical liberals in supporting open borders (in theory I do too). This *might* make sense from an economic point of view but it doesn't take account of the potential social costs of unchecked immigration. <br /><br />Monetarists and communists alike could be accused of paying insufficient attention to the harm their policies created because they were so fixated on their economic dogma.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-70574410426360858862009-10-09T09:48:35.549+01:002009-10-09T09:48:35.549+01:00The Brit Medical Association are healthists, but e...The Brit Medical Association are healthists, but economists aren't necessarily wealthists. We're largely utilitarian: you're the best judge of your utility function, and if you want to trade off leisure for income, that's fine with us. We tend to focus on GDP as a nice measure of "good stuff" as it tends to correlate with most things folks seek, but at the micro level, it's all about utility.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-74310729638320149732009-10-09T05:22:33.919+01:002009-10-09T05:22:33.919+01:00Very well written piece; to the healthists I would...Very well written piece; to the healthists I would repeat what someone elese recently said.<br />If you could give me a couple of years of extended life as a late teenager or in my early twenties I would willingly make some sacrifices but just to drag out decrepitude I shan't bother thank you very much and where's the sherry ?bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.com