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Tuesday, June 18. 2019

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I think i cracked the riddle: price is the signal in a free market economy that tells everyone what to do. This is why socialists and authoritarians hate market prices so much. They want to be the ones telling everyone what do do.


A commenter at Cafe Hayek. A good rule of thumb is to never tell any adult what to do unless they beg you to. 


Posted by The News Junkie in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 19:31 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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"A good rule of thumb is to never tell any adult what to do unless they beg you to."

Aaaaaaagh, no, no, no.

When they beg you is the absolute very worst time to tell them what to do. They don't mean it, they are lying, they actually want you to tell them to do what they want and plan to do anyway.
#1 Fred Z on 2019-06-18 20:34 (Reply)
I've always stopped listening when someone says to me, "If I were you....".
#2 BillH on 2019-06-19 11:21 (Reply)

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