It is about ideas, stupid! Cam asta e mesajul din articol, ca si din cartea autoarei, mai sus. Desigur, articolul e de la CATO deci bienpensants o sa-l atarne imediat la rola de hartie igienica. Deoarece asa fac oamenii inteligenti si rationali. Dar autoarea nu-i vreo propagandista sau contrariana de rit nou, ci o distinsa profesoara de economie si clasice care a inceput de jos in sus, cu studii de istorie, deci isi stie materia, nu ca economistul de partid Piketty care doar invarte cifre. Un pasaj bine formulat si perfect justificat, semnaland o eroare de incepator:
„In keeping with his position as a man of the left, he has a vague and confused idea about how supply responds to higher prices. Startling evidence of Piketty’s miseducation occurs as early as page 6.”
In fine, mie imi place cel mai mult asta:
„For reasons I have never understood, people like to hear that the world is going to hell, and become huffy and scornful when some idiotic optimist intrudes on their pleasure. Yet pessimism has consistently been a poor guide to the modern economic world”