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Is there such a thing called "Austrian Economics"?

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Misesean Posted: Thu, Nov 27 2008 7:16 PM

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Milton Friedman:

"There is no Austrian economics—only good economics, and bad economics."

Can someone please explain to me how this pseudoscience even came about?

-- Is there such a thing called "Austrian Economics"?

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Austrian economics started with Carl Menger, one of the individuals who inaugurated the marginalist revolution. It is the only school that is through and through subjectivist, and it also eschews the physics envy that consumes most mainstream economists. Far from being "pseudo-science", it is the correct way of studying economics. And as for Friedman's statement, that is trivially true, but economists do align themselves to particular schools of thinkers so in a sense it's utterly false. I'm not going to waste my time on angry little leftists whose only purpose in life is to be beaten down, though. If they want to cure their ignorance, there are some very good works documenting the history of the Austrian School on the Mises website. Ignorant clowns are not my preferred counterparties in discussions.

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Considering this is on a Dawkins website, I am sure there is point in engagement. Recently, Dawkins made the argument that evolution is supported by the diversity of dogs that has come about in the last 20 000 years. I just about laughed that a renowned biologist would use an example of articial selection to support natural selection. Intelligent design arguments are full of crap, but what a shitty response that was.

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Considering this is on a Dawkins website, I am sure there is point in engagement. Recently, Dawkins made the argument that evolution is supported by the diversity of dogs that has come about in the last 20 000 years. I just about laughed that a renowned biologist would use an example of articial selection to support natural selection. Intelligent design arguments are full of crap, but what a shitty response that was.

Why? Artificial selection and natural selection are essentially very similar events. Richard Dawkins uses the example of artificial selection to display how selective pressures distinguish characteristics of species over time. (not that it has anything to do with austrian economics)

 

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Considering this is on a Dawkins website, I am sure there is point in engagement.

What would that be? The satisfaction of crushing the spirit of smarmy, pseudo-intellectual pricks?

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Morty replied on Fri, Nov 28 2008 8:57 PM

There is no statism, only good public policy and bad public policy.

There is no Christianity, only truth and falsehood.

There is no X, only good what-X-purports-to-solve and bad what-X-purports-to-solve.

 

This is just nonsense. The term "Austrian economics" refers to a group of beliefs about economics, just as "statism" refers to a group of beliefs about public policy. It is true that these beliefs are either good (true) or bad (false), but that doesn't mean the term  "Austrian economics" has no descriptive value.

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And some of us call Freedomain a cult?

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sirmonty replied on Sat, Nov 29 2008 4:13 AM

Jon Irenicus:

Considering this is on a Dawkins website, I am sure there is point in engagement.

What would that be? The satisfaction of crushing the spirit of smarmy, pseudo-intellectual pricks?

Yes by being smarmy and prick-like himself. Big Smile

I mean the guy is obviously intelligent and I do enjoy reading some of his stuff, but I think he takes the whole "people who believe in God are delusional and stupid" thing to a bit of a silly and absurd level, tbh. 

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sirmonty:

I mean the guy is obviously intelligent and I do enjoy reading some of his stuff, but I think he takes the whole "people who believe in God are delusional and stupid" thing to a bit of a silly and absurd level, tbh. 

Exactly, He's a very intelligent biologist, but I don't think he realizes that religion is only dangerous when it takes the form of the state. 

 

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Maria replied on Sun, Nov 30 2008 6:19 AM

'Exactly, He's a very intelligent biologist, but I don't think he realizes that religion is only dangerous when it takes the form of the state."

I disagree. Religion can be dangerous in many more forms besides the state!  

 

 

 

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Daimona:

I disagree. Religion can be dangerous in many more forms besides the state!  

How?

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10Brandonr:

Daimona:

I disagree. Religion can be dangerous in many more forms besides the state!  

How?

 

Faith-based religions stop the thought process. If you accept "X" is true on faith why do you need to give it further thought? That said, if you define "religion" in such a way that no faith is required (i.e. a construct of rituals and ideas) it might be possible to have a religion that is not dangerous.

 

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ryanpatgray:

Faith-based religions stop the thought process. If you accept "X" is true on faith why do you need to give it further thought? That said, if you define "religion" in such a way that no faith is required (i.e. a construct of rituals and ideas) it might be possible to have a religion that is not dangerous.

Well I certainly agree, religion may very well be illogical, and accepting faith as if it were reason may be unintelligible to those who adhere to the facts, but I still don't see how it's inherently dangerous or evil. 

 

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Maria replied on Sun, Nov 30 2008 11:10 PM

I am trying very hard not to speak in absolutes, ...I think I said that I believe religion CAN BE dangerous in more ways than just the state. There are many times throughout history where religions have altered individual lives in negative ways! I am not going to state any of them here. Religion has been used both on social levels as well as state levels to coerce behaviors of individuals in a society for numerous reason ranging anywhere from the altruistic to the down right repugnant!.

 

 

 

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Daimona:

I am trying very hard not to speak in absolutes, ...I think I said that I believe religion CAN BE dangerous in more ways than just the state. There are many times throughout history where religions have altered individual lives in negative ways! I am not going to state any of them here. Religion has been used both on social levels as well as state levels to coerce behaviors of individuals in a society for numerous reason ranging anywhere from the altruistic to the down right repugnant!.

Sure a religious belief may promote or encourage dangerous or coercive behaviors, but so can I, you, and a million other influences. Religion, as a general term, is not, though, inherently dangerous. It's a form of collectivism to claim that religion is evil. But maybe I'm just divulging too deeply into semantics. 

 

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Seen the "Religion is evil" statement  and desided to drop by with a myth to please you libertarians.

And the myth goes as following: In Talmudic Tradition Religin and State were invented by the very same person. Here's Genesis (ch. 10)account:

8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

Here, argues the Talmud, the word "kingdom" mentioned first time in the scriptures, and "begining" can also be undesrtood as "initiation". And since Babel is the place of the Tower, Talmudic sages connect the central ideology of the Tower, adn the Kingdom of Nimrod.

Now there is archaeological proof to this, for Shinar is Shumer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumer

"By the late 4th millennium BC, Sumer was divided into about a dozen independent city-states, whose limits were defined by canals and boundary stones. Each was centered on a temple dedicated to the particular patron god or goddess of the city and ruled over by a priestly governor (ensi) or by a king (lugal) who was intimately tied to the city's religious rites."

So, rejoice you libertarian atheist!

 

 

 

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Jonatan K:

Seen the "Religion is evil" statement  and desided to drop by with a myth to please you libertarians.

And the myth goes as following: In Talmudic Tradition Religin and State were invented by the very same person. Here's Genesis (ch. 10)account:

8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

Here, argues the Talmud, the word "kingdom" mentioned first time in the scriptures, and "begining" can also be undesrtood as "initiation". And since Babel is the place of the Tower, Talmudic sages connect the central ideology of the Tower, adn the Kingdom of Nimrod.

Now there is archaeological proof to this, for Shinar is Shumer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shumer

"By the late 4th millennium BC, Sumer was divided into about a dozen independent city-states, whose limits were defined by canals and boundary stones. Each was centered on a temple dedicated to the particular patron god or goddess of the city and ruled over by a priestly governor (ensi) or by a king (lugal) who was intimately tied to the city's religious rites."

So, rejoice you libertarian atheist!

 

 

 

 

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Juan replied on Thu, Dec 4 2008 5:54 PM
10Brandonr:
Religion, as a general term, is not, though, inherently dangerous.
Revealed religions are inherently absurd and revealed religions have been used as tools for causing a lot of damage a lot of times. Church and state have been sides of the same coin for thousands of years. If you see no danger in all those things...so be it.

February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church.
Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."

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