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The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed (www.aier.org)

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Ghostbusters and the Use of Knowledge in Society

The utility man does as he’s told—and of course all hell breaks loose. But notice who actually made the decision.

It wasn’t the scientists who built the ghost storage facility. It wasn’t the utility worker, who at least had some knowledge of power systems. It was the government bureaucrat who knew absolutely nothing about the system.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like the part in the theme song, "I ain't afraid of no ghost"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

but that's a double negative, so he is no afraid when ghosts are absent, we'll me either buddy.