Off Topic for Shadowcat . . .

jablake
"Freakonomics
Why Vote?
By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT
Published: November 6, 2005
A Swiss Turnout-Boosting Experiment

Within the economics departments at certain universities, there is a famous but probably apocryphal story about two world-class economists who run into each other at the voting booth.


'What are you doing here?' one asks.

'My wife made me come,' the other says.

The first economist gives a confirming nod. 'The same.'

After a mutually sheepish moment, one of them hatches a plan: 'If you promise never to tell anyone you saw me here, I'll never tell anyone I saw you.' They shake hands, finish their polling business and scurry off." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/magazi…

I haven't finished reading the article, but I it found cute that in the story the 2 world-class economists were *ashamed* to be voting. One of my few interests besides stripclubs is economics----especially those of Milton Friedman. :)

I feel *ashamed* to have ever voted, but I'll own up to it and chalk it down to youthful callowness.

Well, I'll get back to the article and see if it makes any sense or whether I give it the old thumbs down.

6 comments

  • Dudester
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    16 years ago
    You are having a picnic by a lake, suddenly a pair of economists start drowning in the lake, do you:

    A) Turn up the radio so that you don't have to listen to them whine about their demise

    B) Move your picnic farther down the shore

    C) Call Rush Limbaugh to complain about economists ruining your picnic
  • jablake
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    16 years ago

    If this is a serious question ;), the B. Anyway the hypothetical should be that you're "having a picnic with strippers by a lake."

  • shadowcat
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    16 years ago
    That flew right over my head. I guess because I am not an economist.
  • jablake
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    16 years ago
    It might make more sense if you read the whole article (assuming you didn't).

    Anyway, I didn't agree with the article that much. Mainly I just liked the conclusion *as it applied to me*. I wouldn't readily agree with the conclusion as applied to other people.
  • shadowcat
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    16 years ago
    No I didn't read any of it. I do not post on here for economic, history, or political reasons. I post on here to share strip club expereiences (STRIPPERS). Ok you liked the conclusion as it "applied to you" Where do I come in"?
  • jablake
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    16 years ago
    You voiced very strong political opinions on this forum about voting. And, it was directed at me.

    If you're just posting strip club experience, then that is a different ballgame and I wouldn't have posted this topic. Sorry, from your posts I thought you were very outspokenly pro-voting.

    Back to stripclub experiences. :)
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