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Ep. 386 Crossover: Arguing with Midwits

In another crossover episode, Adam Haman joins Bob to discuss the phenomenon of arguing with midwits on social media. They. beautifully illustrate the bell curve meme. Examples include the COBOL red herring regarding DOGE and Social Security, as well as Krugman’s handling of the claim that excessive debt “burdens future generations.”

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Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.

3 Comments

  1. christpilled on 02/27/2025 at 7:15 PM

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  2. christpilled on 02/27/2025 at 7:15 PM

    bob you’re the best public ecobnomist on the planet.

    really
    best. planet.

    you get other stuff wrong.

  3. Tel on 03/15/2025 at 2:52 AM

    I don’t really believe that intelligence is the key factor here. It’s more like a question of personal integrity and whether the other guy is acting in good faith persuit of a truthful outcome.

    When you see someone seamlessly shift from one argument, to a different argument that is incompatible with the first … who then ignores any questions about what happened to the first argument … to me that suggests they are simply switching from one dishonest trick to another and the purpose is only to fool a few people. They never believed what they were saying to begin with … so there’s no cost abandoning one scam, if you have another lined up ready to go.

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