Theodore Patel

"Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run."

"Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run."

"Curious how this scales. Works for the marginal case; the median case is where it gets hard."

"I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?"

Where Market Socialist got it wrong in the 20th century — and what that costs us now.

"Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy."

The strongest case against our own position.

"Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run."

"Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits."