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Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Luminar — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:56:37 GMT

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Kelvin Silva — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:25:15 GMT

Why not get the pdf for free, go to a private printing shop, and print it out for perhaps 30 bucks? Or even more depending on the price?

Its a physical copy, and can be done near you.

/derail

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

John James — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:32:11 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUcjawB_ihk

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Aristippus — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:26:07 GMT

Wow...all this crap and he lives one state over.

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

John James — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:17:00 GMT

Luminar:
I'm not willing to drive out of state simply for the sake of a book that I could order online and have to wait a while.

Once again, how the hell is anyone here supposed to know how far you're willing to drive? Again, you didn't offer any of that information. You created an entire thread just for the purpose of trying to avoid purchasing the book online. Again, how the hell is anyone here supposed to know why you had such an interest in avoiding an online purchase and just how strong that interest was?

One more time:

I can only utilize the information you give us. If you want answers better suited to your specific wishes, it would be wise to actually provide those specific conditions, instead of just assuming people know exactly where you are, how far you're willing to travel, how much you're willing to pay, what kind of scenery you'd like on the way there, and whatever other prerequisites you deem necessary...and then responding in small, curt retorts when the answers you get aren't satisfactory to your standards.

Btw, I just moved in to Georgia (the state) from Israel. What were the odds of that, brah?

I'm not sure there's a practical way to accurately give odds on something like that, brah. But interestingly enough, that puts you in relatively close proximity to Alabama, no doesn't it, brah?

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Luminar — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:54:08 GMT

Yes, six billion may not be realistic due to language and culture barriers (imagine how many Europeans would want to go on this site), but I'm not willing to drive out of state (and it's quite likely that I'm not from Alabama compared to other states just by statistics) simply for the sake of a book that I could order online and have to wait a while. Btw, I just moved in to Georgia (the state) from Israel. What were the odds of that, brah?

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

John James — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:45:22 GMT

Loppu:
I think John James got trolled.

I can pretty much guarantee if you spoke to someone with Jean-Luc Picard as an avatar you'd hear the opposite.

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Loppu — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:26:27 GMT

I think John James got trolled.

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Smiling Dave — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:49:45 GMT

This thread is EPIC!

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

John James — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:09:28 GMT

Luminar:
Millions out of six billion people?

6 billion sounds kind of arbitrary, but yes, hundreds of millions actually. It really just depends on how long one is willing to drive. Also, judging by site traffic, the odds are pretty good you would be in the United States. Not to mention, even if you were outside of the United States, I'm not exactly sure why you would be coming to a site headquartered in the United States, frequented mostly by people in the United States, asking where you could physically go to buy a book, outside the United States. (And not even mention this important detail.)

So I'm not quite sure where this "6 billion" number comes from. But yes, judging by the evidence I mentioned above, one would assume you were looking for a place to purchase the book in the United States, and so yes, it's entirely possible that you were one of a few tens of millions out of maybe 310 million.

I don't see why that is so far fetched. (Not to mention, I was simply answering the questions you asked.)

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Luminar — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53:49 GMT

Millions out of six billion people? Hehe, I'll just order it online. I looked it up at the bookstores but they don't have it.

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Friedmanite — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:53:56 GMT

Your local Barnes and Noble may have it, but why not order it online? Do you not have an address?

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

John James — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:48:30 GMT

I'm sorry that you evidently have a problem asking for what you really want. I honestly thought the link I provided at the beginning of this thread was what you were looking for. At no point did I have any idea that you were looking for a physical bookstore until the 5th post when you claimed you said you "didn't want to order it online" all along. (Which of course, you didn't.)

Next you asked for a physical location of a Mises Store. So I gave you that too.

I was honestly trying to help you all this time. Auburn is not the moon. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people within walking distance of the Mises Institute. Millions if you would actually be willing to drive an automobile (which, I'm sorry if I wrongly assume you would be willing to do. Please don't come back and reprimand me for not giving you a location that you could literally throw a stone at from your current location.) You could have easily been one of those millions.

Again, I can only utilize the information you give us. If you want answers better suited to your specific wishes, it would be wise to actually provide those specific conditions, instead of just assuming people know exactly where you are, how far you're willing to travel, how much you're willing to pay, what kind of scenery you'd like on the way there, and whatever other prerequisites you deem necessary...and then responding in small, curt retorts when the answers you get aren't satisfactory to your standards.

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

Luminar — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:31:44 GMT

I said that satirically. It doesn't matter if there is a real store that sells it; if it's on the moon it ain't worth it. Instead of providing technically "correct" answers, why not provide ones that could be useful to me? I'm not exactly in a position to visit Alabama right now.

Re: Where could I find 'Lessons for the Young Economists?'

John James — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:26:45 GMT

Luminar:
Oh wait. That place in Alabama, is that the only place?

I didn't say that. I don't know the answer to that question. You asked where a physical place was. You even asked specifically about the Mises Store. Here I'll quote you:

Luminar:
If it's a real, physical store, then tell me where it is.