Comments on: Dear Mr. President: Zero-sum doesn’t add up

By: John the Libertarian

John the Libertarian — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:39:23 +0000

Zero-sum is the very beating heart of liberalism.

By: zmdavid

zmdavid — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:07:06 +0000

Zero-sum not only dismisses the possibility of growth, it also dismisses the possibility of economic contraction. When either happen it never dawns on the Obama’s of the world that govt. policy might have an impact on which we get.

Although I think Obama actually understands economics, he is a demagogue who would rather be like a North Korean dictator worshiped by squalid peasants than a traditional U.S. President who has to face prosperous equal citizens.

By: williampeck1958

williampeck1958 — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:07:06 +0000

anti-understanding of economics.

rbj on December 28, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Well put, indeed.

By: zmdavid

zmdavid — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:00:07 +0000

The Chinese don’t seem to understand this yet. They think trade is a one-way enterprise, the object of which is for China to have all the world’s money. They’ve got most of ours already. Mr. President, validating China’s economic notions isn’t a good thing.

No Problem! We’ll make more!
-Ben Bernanke

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:59:29 +0000

“Eat the Rich” – a great book

By: hopeful

hopeful — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:26:25 +0000

anti-understanding of economics.

rbj on December 28, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Well put.

By: rbj

rbj — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:20:12 +0000

America reelected not someone who has no understanding of economics, but has an anti-understanding of economics.

By: unseen

unseen — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:55:26 +0000

takers don’t understand the concept of giving. never have and never will.

By: Red Creek

Red Creek — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:52:07 +0000

Well there’s no Zero sum when it comes to racking up more debt. Zero is fine with that.