Comments on: Spengler Misses the Point http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6574.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:02:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mrs. Davis http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6574.html/comment-page-1#comment-288802 Mrs. Davis Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:09:54 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6574#comment-288802 Increase immigration. The talented still want to be here. Increase immigration. The talented still want to be here.

]]> By: david foster http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6574.html/comment-page-1#comment-288756 david foster Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:18:55 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6574#comment-288756 Economic dynamism is to a substantial extent driven by the question of *what is valued* in a particular society. The economic development of France, for example, has been harmed over long periods of time by the high prestige of government jobs (in pre-revolutionary days, people *bought* government positions, which carried tax exemptions), hence taking talent away from the directly-productive segments of the economy. Something similar seems to be happening in America today, with the great attraction many young people feel toward "non-profit organizations," academia, government, and law. This can only be accelerated by an Obama administration...if you choose a career in one of the above-mentioned fields, you can convert government spending from a cost into a profit center. Economic dynamism is to a substantial extent driven by the question of *what is valued* in a particular society. The economic development of France, for example, has been harmed over long periods of time by the high prestige of government jobs (in pre-revolutionary days, people *bought* government positions, which carried tax exemptions), hence taking talent away from the directly-productive segments of the economy.

Something similar seems to be happening in America today, with the great attraction many young people feel toward “non-profit organizations,” academia, government, and law. This can only be accelerated by an Obama administration…if you choose a career in one of the above-mentioned fields, you can convert government spending from a cost into a profit center.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6574.html/comment-page-1#comment-288714 Robert Schwartz Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:24:15 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6574#comment-288714 "A generation from now, nanotechnological medicine will have many effects that he fails to take into account." So I am toast no matter what? “A generation from now, nanotechnological medicine will have many effects that he fails to take into account.”

So I am toast no matter what?

]]> By: Jay Manifold http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6574.html/comment-page-1#comment-288707 Jay Manifold Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:46:36 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6574#comment-288707 Spengler seems obsessed with age profiles of populations. A generation from now, nanotechnological medicine will have many effects that he fails to take into account. Spengler seems obsessed with age profiles of populations. A generation from now, nanotechnological medicine will have many effects that he fails to take into account.

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