tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post5301788527663259658..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Broken WindowMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-74491213959764927082013-09-01T21:30:56.859-04:002013-09-01T21:30:56.859-04:00Great syllabus. Nicely structured class. FYI: Toob...Great syllabus. Nicely structured class. FYI: Tooby and Cosmides link not working, but this one does:<br />http://reason.com/blog/2010/08/05/leda-cosmides-john-toobyRoad to Surf Bumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-85961441648187492652013-09-01T14:13:06.108-04:002013-09-01T14:13:06.108-04:00One would think by these arguments Krugman, et al ...One would think by these arguments Krugman, et al would have been staunch proponents of space defense (Reagan's 'star wars'). After all, it would spend a lot of money and could easily have a secondary use of fending off alien invasion. :-)<br /><br />On a more serious note seeing this finally prompted me to run the numbers on unemployment and World War 2. It appears that 15% unemployment in 1940 translates into 9.5 million unemployed. The US Military grew from 1/2 million to 12 million during the war. So solving unemployment wasn't by creating demand (military spending) ala Keynes, it was by removing all of the unemployed from the workforce by sending them overseas.Thomas Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701283200252131890noreply@blogger.com