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23 Things…

I went out with a friend on Saturday who was reading a copy of Ha-joon Chang’s “23 things they aren’t telling you about capitalism”. He didn’t know that the ASI/Tim Worstall published a refutation of Ha-joon called “23 things we ARE telling you about capitalism.” Anyway, for anyone who hasn’t read it. Heres a free copy – LINK

7 thoughts on “23 Things…”

  1. 2 quotes,

    “The graphic designers who used to work at the factory were counted as manufacturing workers: now they
    take their cocaine in Soho lofts they are service workers.”

    “There is no point in becoming more efficient at making Simon Cowell for example, as we all have a surfeit already. And
    so it is with things that are manufactured.”

    – i think perhaps x factor could be counted as manufacturing.

  2. “… we all have a surfeit already. And so it is with things that are manufactured.”

    Haven’t we just spent four months running around like headless chickens regarding a shortage of facemasks?

  3. well yes, demand did spike somewhat, and i bet the extra rushed production a) was very profitable and b) not as efficient as the normally supplied numbers, coz it didn’t need to be.

  4. @Richard

    Stop deleting people’s post because you don’t like them; doing so makes Tim a publisher not a carrier

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