Points taken. I'm dealing with some very stupid people in twoplustwo politics and it is possible that my frustration is seeping from that to my posts in this thread. It is not intentional.
To be fair to your physics analogy, physics isn't a subject that laypeople are as susceptible to forming wrongheaded emotionally-charged opinions about. In my questions to you I presented some minimal hypotheses that I fully expected were wrong, and would have accepted any response from you (a physicist) as correct. The trouble with economics is that people with little interest in learning about the subject nonetheless feel the need to form strong, unyielding opinions. It's understandable considering it affects everyone so much and it's a key part of politics. There just isn't as much of an authority imbalance with this subject, considering I'm not an economist and you're not a rank novice in these matters yourself.
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