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Monday, February 09, 2009

Syllogism

  • Government takes over regulation of an economic activity from the market process.
  • Government regulation fails to prevent the bad it was intended to prevent.
  • Ergo, the market is incapable of regulating itself, requiring more government regulation

Addendum: This, of course, can be made more general:

  • Government assumes responsibility for the economy as a whole (the Fed, fiscal controls, housing policy, etc.)
  • The economy goes through bouts of inflation and recession, and sometimes both at once.
  • Ergo, since the market process cannot be relied on for self-generated stability, full employment, etc., more comprehensive government control is required.
Cross-posted at Anything Peaceful.

1 comment:

David J said...

Good one! Very entertaining.