tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post2616301245893392364..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Our "leaders" missed the Econ 101 PrereqMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-52449934855524016122012-11-04T21:54:47.989-05:002012-11-04T21:54:47.989-05:00I would add these other areas of poor pricing: &qu...I would add these other areas of poor pricing: "Free transit" and hieghtened congestions. Seems to me in a time of crisis placing a higher price on transport to storm strickened areas would be effective in allocated the limited "public goods" of roads and transit. The revenue could be used to start paying for the remedies and rationalize the demand.<br /><br />Instead of a rational fee per vehicle or increase toll on the available access to Manhattan a 3 person collective was necessary to enter into the city.<br /><br />As for an emergency, the NY/NJ football stadium attendance did not seem to indicate harsh restricitons in people's movement that a little pricing could not solve.J Scheppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054295955769316151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-11286182319091493022012-11-04T19:33:30.908-05:002012-11-04T19:33:30.908-05:00I don't think Bloomberg meant to say that the ...I don't think Bloomberg meant to say that the government should provide coffee, so much as that the lack of transportation access and associated things in NY made it difficult for both businesses to be run and for customers to go to them.<br /><br />That being said, Cuomo is still an idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-15176526227830328442012-11-04T14:26:51.121-05:002012-11-04T14:26:51.121-05:00We just need the right leaders this time! Let'...We just need the right leaders this time! Let's try harder next storm! You hate the poor.ericmchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187832433672648192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-78338575388232504112012-11-04T13:20:48.144-05:002012-11-04T13:20:48.144-05:00From my economics classes in college long ago (wit...From my economics classes in college long ago (with the marxist professor) and some of the post-Keynesian stuff I've seen, you better identify which econ 101 prereq. :-)Thomas Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701283200252131890noreply@blogger.com