Carlos Hargreaves

"Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the…"

"Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply."

"Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking."

"Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy."

"Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?"

Where Progressive got it wrong in the 20th century — and what that costs us now.

"Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply."

"This is a 1990s framing of a 2020s question. The terms have shifted; the answers should too."