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Pastimes : Austrian Economics, a lens on everyday reality
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From: TimF5/22/2009 5:33:21 PM
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"I think in the U.S. and in most of the world the public understanding of economics is abysmal. But it’s one thing not to understand something. I don’t understand brain surgery. It’s another to want to form policies on things on which you are ignorant. I hear the wonderful phrase “I want to make a difference” when it comes to policy. I would be horrified if I wanted to make a difference in brain surgery. The only difference is more people would die on the operating table..."

- Thomas Sowell
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