Folks at work were discussing the programme this morning and I thought I would take a peek on 4oD later. Then I found out who made it.
I will give it a miss. I prefer intelligent discussion and not polemics, especially with the track record of Durkin, who is known to cut interviews to make people appear to say the opposite of what they actually did. If it were made by someone else I'd most probably have had a look.
The people at work seemed impressed until I suggested that removal of the state completely would mean they would have no NHS, roads, police, et. That, unfortunately, was what a number of them were suggesting.
No - there are no absolutes only opinion
its not a matter of opinion its a matter of faith in/acceptance of any particular incomplete model.
Opinion is what forum posters have. Informed or otherwise.
As an occasional toe dipper into the world of economics, this is a fantastically bonkers thread.
Next week on STW: Bees.
A scientist once said bees shouldn't be able to fly, from a theoretical standpoint.
The room is split 3 ways - there's one scientist, surrounded by people who've decided they either don't believe in bees or science, and will defend that position for n+1 posts.
wrong.
a scientist once commented that the best mathematical models of flight couldn't explain how a bee could fly.
(they're very big for their little wings).
he/she knew that this was because the models didn't adequately account for particular way in which bees flap their wings.
a little bit of research later, and we now have a better understanding of Bee flight.
aren't we clever?
Tonight's In Business on R4 will be discussing whether permanent economic growth is possible.
