the broken window fallacy economics in one lesson

... themselves ignoring or slighting the long-run effects, they are making the far more serious error. They overlook the woods in their precise and minute examination of particular trees. Their methods ... Product" xxi. The Function of Profits xxn. The Mirage of Inflation XXIII. The Assault on Saving PART THREE: THE LESSON RESTATED xxrv. The Lesson Restated V 4 ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON effects ... shop. The shopkeeper runs out furious, but the boy is gone. A crowd gathers, and begins to stare with quiet satisfaction at the gaping hole in the window and the shattered glass over the bread...

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... point, there is a chance for an- other fallacy, and the broken- windowites usually grab it. They think of "purchasing power" merely in terms of money. Now money can be run off by the ... the printing press. As this is being written, in fact, printing money is the world's biggest industry—if the product is measured in monetary terms. But the more money is turned out in this way, ... and income in terms of money, they consider themselves better off as these monetary totals i8 ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON tional income" figures in monetary terms higher than be- fore the ...

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... workers instead. At the time of 42 ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON of machinery employed in pin-making "could scarce make one pin a day, and certainly could not make twenty," but that with the ... making goods cheaper for consumers (as in our illustration of the overcoats), or they do it by increasing wages because they increase the productivity of the workers. In other words, they either ... welfare. THE CURSE OF MACHINERY 43 the end of the nineteenth century the stocking industry was employing at least a hundred men for every man it employed at the beginning of the century. Arkwright invented...

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... have seen, there would be no net increase in the number of jobs provided, no net increase in the demand for 66 ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON the case of the soldiers, will encourage this. But the office holders ... predicted in the sweater industry in England. With the $5 left over they help employment in any number of other industries in the United States. But the results do not end there. By buying ... getting less than the level of production costs, prices and profits made pos- sible, then they could have got the hourly increase without reducing the length of the working week. They could, in other...

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... obstacles in the way of receiving gold as they do in the way of receiving almost everything else. (On the other hand, of late years they have taken to putting more obstacles in the way ... or in- come to the X industry. The taxpayers would lose pre- cisely as much as the people in the X industry gained. The great advantage of a subsidy, indeed, from the standpoint of the ... forces investors to place their money where the returns seem less promising to them than in the X industry. It forces workers into industries with even lower wages and prospects than they could find...

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... better off. But their increased spending in other directions will give increased employment in other lines, which will then absorb the former marginal farmers in occupations in which their efforts ... engineers, thinking only of production, but by the business men, thinking only of profit. The business men give their orders to the engineers, instead of vice versa. These business men ... "scarcity economics. " These questions and conclusions stem from the fallacy of looking at one industry in isolation, of looking at the tree and ignoring the forest. Up to a certain point it...

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... this point, there is a chance for another fallacy, and the broken- windowites usually grab it. Theythink of ‘‘purchasing power’’merely in terms of money. Now moneycan be run offbythe printing press. ... wages because theyincrease the productivity of the work- ers. In other words, theyeither increase moneywages or,byreducing prices, they increase the goods and services that the same moneywages will ... As this is being written, in fact, printing moneyisthe world’sbiggest industry(emif the product is mea- sured in monetary terms. But the more moneyisturned out in this way ,the more the value of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 21:15

... this point, there is a chance for another fallacy, and the broken- windowites usually grab it. Theythink of ‘‘purchasing power’’merely in terms of money. Now moneycan be run offbythe printing press. ... peacetime in ation. Weshall come back to this moneyillusion later. Nowthere is a half-truth in the ‘‘backed-up’’demand fallacy, just as there was in the broken- windowfallacy. The broken windowdid ... As this is being written, in fact, printing moneyisthe world’sbiggest industry(emif the product is mea- sured in monetary terms. But the more moneyisturned out in this way ,the more the value of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 12:20

... this point, there is a chance for another fallacy, and the broken- windowites usually grab it. Theythink of ‘‘purchasing power’’merely in terms of money. Now moneycan be run offbythe printing press. ... wages because theyincrease the productivity of the work- ers. In other words, theyeither increase moneywages or,byreducing prices, they increase the goods and services that the same moneywages will ... As this is being written, in fact, printing moneyisthe world’sbiggest industry(emif the product is mea- sured in monetary terms. But the more moneyisturned out in this way ,the more the value of...

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... peacetime in ation. Weshall come back to this moneyillusion later. Nowthere is a half-truth in the ‘‘backed-up’’demand fallacy, just as there was in the broken- windowfallacy. The broken windowdid ... this point, there is a chance for another fallacy, and the broken- windowites usually grab it. Theythink of ‘‘purchasing power’’merely in terms of money. Now moneycan be run offbythe printing press. ... employed at the beginning of the century. Arkwright invented his cotton-spinning machinery in 1760. At that time it was estimated that there were in England 5,200 spinners using spinning wheels,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 04:20

... this money illusion later. Now there is a half-truth in the "backed-up" demand fallacy, just as there was in the broken- window fallacy. The broken window did make more business ... usually careful in their investigations to determine the adequacy of the assets pledged and the business acumen and honesty of the borrower. If the government operated by the same strict standards, there ... beyond the immediate range of their physical eyes. They can see the bridge. But if they have taught themselves to look for in- THE LESSON 7 tionary. They are sometimes surprised to find themselves in...

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... day reading or playing solitaire and does nothing except throw a switch at the beginning and end of the day.” One could go on to cite such make-work practices in many other fields. In the railroad industry, ... permanently displacing men, they were mistaken, for before the end of the nine- teenth century the stocking industry was employing at least 100 men for every man it employed at the beginning of the century. Arkwright ... credit, that the banker would make his loan. But the government goes into the lending business in 28 Economics in One Lesson EconOne_Prf2_Q5_to_client.qxd 3/3/2008 8:42 AM Page 28 EconOne_Prf2_Q5_to_client.qxd...

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... just as there was in the broken- windowfallacy. The broken windowdid makemore business for the glazier .The destruction of war did makemore business for the producers of certain things. The destruction ... through the windowofabaker’sshop. The shopkeeper runs out furious, but the boyisgone. A crowd gathers, and begins to stare with quiet satisfaction at the gaping hole in the windowand the shattered glass ... reducing the length of the working week. Theycould, in other words, have worked the same number of hours and got their total weekly incomes increased by one- third, instead of merely getting, as theyare...

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... reducing the length of the working week. Theycould, in other words, have worked the same number of hours and got their total weekly incomes increased by one- third, instead of merely getting, as theyare ... through the windowofabaker’sshop. The shopkeeper runs out furious, but the boyisgone. A crowd gathers, and begins to stare with quiet satisfaction at the gaping hole in the windowand the shattered glass ... lenders. In the first place, the moneyis either their own or has been voluntarily entrusted to them. In the case of govern- ment-lending the moneyisthat of other people, and it has been taken from them, regardless...

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... are contained in the policy as surely as the hen was in the egg, the flower in the seed. From this aspect, therefore, the whole of economics can be reduced to a single lesson, and that lesson can ... which the latter often ignored. But in themselves ignoring or slighting the long-run effects, they are making the far more serious error. They overlook the woods in their precise and minute examination ... doubt predicted — in the sweater industry in England. With the $5 left over they help employment in any number of other industries in the United States. But the results do not end there. By buying English...

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