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Balrog0 12/04/17 4:35:18 PM #1:	19/20 for me --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:891585757] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote> 19/20 for me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GODTIER 12/04/17 4:40:09 PM #2:	I don't come on CE to do homework --- #freesquader <cite>GODTIER posted [p:891586053] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>I don't come on CE to do homework</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Romes187 12/04/17 4:52:45 PM #3:	I can't believe 21% of economists don't think that raising the minimum wage will result in an increase in unemployment of unskilled workers <cite>Romes187 posted [p:891586750] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>I can't believe 21% of economists don't think that raising the minimum wage will result in an increase in unemployment of unskilled workers</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 12/04/17 5:10:39 PM #4:	I agree with 1 out of the first 5 and I don't care enough to read the rest --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:891587827] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>I agree with 1 out of the first 5 and I don't care enough to read the rest</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sativa_Rose 12/04/17 5:42:42 PM #5:	As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being. --- I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister. <cite>Sativa_Rose posted [p:891589755] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaname_Madoka 12/04/17 5:43:14 PM #6:	GODTIER posted... I don't come on CE to do homework --- Drawn for me: Volkswagen_Bros, ShinobiNinjaX, Popcorn_Fairy + Nayr626. https://imgur.com/gallery/B4o8m League Summoner Name: DontIoseYourWay (the I is an i) <cite>Kaname_Madoka posted [p:891589791] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>GODTIER posted...</cite> <quote>I don't come on CE to do homework</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fire_bolt 12/04/17 5:50:21 PM #7:	16/20 A few of them are the kind of thing that sounds good on paper but doesn't actually work in practice --- If her hips don't break, you didn't "carry" hard enough" -SpunkySix http://steamcommunity.com/id/bolt_thundara/wishlist <cite>fire_bolt posted [p:891590209] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>16/20 A few of them are the kind of thing that sounds good on paper but doesn't actually work in practice</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EnterTheTekken 12/04/17 5:50:32 PM #8:	Sativa_Rose posted... As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being. I'm glad you mentioned this one. So what is a "transfer-in-kind"? Is that what food stamps, or WIC represent? I also agree that straight cash can lead to suspect purchases, but people even find loopholes with the WIC (tobacco products, booze). <cite>EnterTheTekken posted [p:891590218] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote>As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being.</quote> I'm glad you mentioned this one. So what is a "transfer-in-kind"? Is that what food stamps, or WIC represent? I also agree that straight cash can lead to suspect purchases, but people even find loopholes with the WIC (tobacco products, booze).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tmaster148 12/04/17 5:51:17 PM #9:	Out of curiosity which one don't you agree with TC? --- http://i.imgur.com/BBcZDLJ.png <cite>Tmaster148 posted [p:891590262] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>Out of curiosity which one don't you agree with TC?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sativa_Rose 12/04/17 5:55:47 PM #10:	EnterTheTekken posted... Sativa_Rose posted... As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being. I'm glad you mentioned this one. So what is a "transfer-in-kind"? Is that what food stamps, or WIC represent? I also agree that straight cash can lead to suspect purchases, but people even find loopholes with the WIC (tobacco products, booze). That is how I interpreted it, also stuff like housing vouchers would apply I think. --- I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister. <cite>Sativa_Rose posted [p:891590542] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>EnterTheTekken posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote>As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being.</quote> I'm glad you mentioned this one. So what is a "transfer-in-kind"? Is that what food stamps, or WIC represent? I also agree that straight cash can lead to suspect purchases, but people even find loopholes with the WIC (tobacco products, booze).</quote> That is how I interpreted it, also stuff like housing vouchers would apply I think.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 12/04/17 5:58:20 PM #11:	Tmaster148 posted... Out of curiosity which one don't you agree with TC? 14 but its not exactly that I disagree, to me it seems like a kind of ethical question that is difficult for me to give an easy thumbs up or thumbs down to, while all of the rest are pretty easy in that regard --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:891590684] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tmaster148 posted...</cite> <quote>Out of curiosity which one don't you agree with TC?</quote> 14 but its not exactly that I disagree, to me it seems like a kind of ethical question that is difficult for me to give an easy thumbs up or thumbs down to, while all of the rest are pretty easy in that regard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 12/04/17 5:59:04 PM #12:	Sativa_Rose posted... EnterTheTekken posted... Sativa_Rose posted... As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being. I'm glad you mentioned this one. So what is a "transfer-in-kind"? Is that what food stamps, or WIC represent? I also agree that straight cash can lead to suspect purchases, but people even find loopholes with the WIC (tobacco products, booze). That is how I interpreted it, also stuff like housing vouchers would apply I think. yes, anything that isn't generally accepted as cash is a transfer in kind most 'welfare' in the US is of that variety --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:891590721] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote><cite>EnterTheTekken posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote>As someone with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, I agree with virtually all of them. The only one that stands out to me as something I am skeptical about is 12. Cash payments increase the welfare of recipients to a greater degree than do transfers-in-kind of equal cash value. The only reason I am skeptical is that I worry that cash payments may have a tendency to get squandered in drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other frivolous spending as opposed to being invested in something related to education or something, but I can also see how giving people cash would make it easier for them to use it on the things they need. Also it could improve perceived well-being which might be what really matters to people more than how one performs on things typically measured to make inferences about one's well-being.</quote> I'm glad you mentioned this one. So what is a "transfer-in-kind"? Is that what food stamps, or WIC represent? I also agree that straight cash can lead to suspect purchases, but people even find loopholes with the WIC (tobacco products, booze).</quote> That is how I interpreted it, also stuff like housing vouchers would apply I think.</quote> yes, anything that isn't generally accepted as cash is a transfer in kind most 'welfare' in the US is of that variety</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tmaster148 12/04/17 6:00:19 PM #13:	Balrog0 posted... Tmaster148 posted... Out of curiosity which one don't you agree with TC? 14 but its not exactly that I disagree, to me it seems like a kind of ethical question that is difficult for me to give an easy thumbs up or thumbs down to, while all of the rest are pretty easy in that regard Somehow I felt like that might of been it. Although the US government is clearly engaging in redistributing the wealth from the poor to the rich atm. --- http://i.imgur.com/BBcZDLJ.png <cite>Tmaster148 posted [p:891590795] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Tmaster148 posted...</cite> <quote>Out of curiosity which one don't you agree with TC?</quote> 14 but its not exactly that I disagree, to me it seems like a kind of ethical question that is difficult for me to give an easy thumbs up or thumbs down to, while all of the rest are pretty easy in that regard</quote> Somehow I felt like that might of been it. Although the US government is clearly engaging in redistributing the wealth from the poor to the rich atm.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 12/04/17 6:03:26 PM #14:	Economics is such a scummy snake oil profession. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:891590976] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote>Economics is such a scummy snake oil profession.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 12/04/17 6:07:47 PM #15:	Webmaster4531 posted... Economics is such a scummy snake oil profession. so much of it is based on the idea that money is more important than people --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:891591218] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>Webmaster4531 posted...</cite> <quote>Economics is such a scummy snake oil profession.</quote> so much of it is based on the idea that money is more important than people</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 12/04/17 6:12:34 PM #16:	averagejoel posted... Webmaster4531 posted... Economics is such a scummy snake oil profession. so much of it is based on the idea that money is more important than people I wouldn't say that. My problem with it is it isn't a science like they want you to believe. It's a social "science" that can be bought by the highest bidder. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:891591497] in Top 20 thi... [t:76061923]...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Webmaster4531 posted...</cite> <quote>Economics is such a scummy snake oil profession.</quote> so much of it is based on the idea that money is more important than people</quote> I wouldn't say that. My problem with it is it isn't a science like they want you to believe. It's a social "science" that can be bought by the highest bidder.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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