tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post6898806701977672523..comments2023-03-25T19:24:00.019-04:00Comments on The Economist's Cookbook: What is Economics?The_Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-27484332107362520512010-03-11T13:50:44.032-05:002010-03-11T13:50:44.032-05:00I can't think of an appropriate term, but &quo...I can't think of an appropriate term, but "bullshit" isn't it. <br />Bullshit can't be much different from steer manure, which can be and is regularly put on lawns to enhance growth. To continue the analogy, what government provides is not a bailout or a stimulus or even the provision of confidence in the markets they subvert, but the government policies and spending are a broad-band herbicide, causing nothing to grow, or if anything grows, it grows stunted and misshapen.Windy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.com