- 23 Feb 2021 14:27
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Professor Paul Krugman, in his articles dealing with economics, uses the term 'Zombies' for certain beliefs in that field. Zombies are those beliefs/myths that have been thoroughly discredited and debunked but still manage to surface time and again, raggedly clad and lurching along. It's a useful mental picture.
Zombies also exist in political talking points. Again and again on talk radio, talking head TV shows, 'analysis' in the news media writ large and 'net political forums, the same untrue phrases pop up. I've pretty much given up on attempting to rebut them. It's like trying to hold back the tide with a teaspoon. [Ed.: Sisyphus, anyone?]
One that particularly irks this old observer of the passing parade staggers into view whenever a change in the minimum wage is mentioned. 'It will cost jobs!' follows, with almost the certainty of night following day. I'll not bother to dissect it for the readership here.
Do you have a 'zombie' that sets your teeth on edge?
Regards, stay safe 'n well.
Zombies also exist in political talking points. Again and again on talk radio, talking head TV shows, 'analysis' in the news media writ large and 'net political forums, the same untrue phrases pop up. I've pretty much given up on attempting to rebut them. It's like trying to hold back the tide with a teaspoon. [Ed.: Sisyphus, anyone?]
One that particularly irks this old observer of the passing parade staggers into view whenever a change in the minimum wage is mentioned. 'It will cost jobs!' follows, with almost the certainty of night following day. I'll not bother to dissect it for the readership here.
Do you have a 'zombie' that sets your teeth on edge?
Regards, stay safe 'n well.
"And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche." Geoffrey Chaucer