Comments for Service Learning in Public Economics http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net Online Journal for Members of Econ. 217 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 Comment on Equality and Inequality by Liz Perry-Sizemore http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/17/equality-and-inequality/#comment-522 Liz Perry-Sizemore Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:30:34 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/17/equality-and-inequality/#comment-522 Hi, Rachel--My apologies for that--I read your entry in haste and had the Kuznet's ratio in my head instead of the Gini. As I (incorrectly) read it, that sentence misdefined a term. However, thinking "Gini" (as the sentence told me to!), it is clear that the sentence states a fact accurately. Editing out the sentence until you could look at it (a poor decision made in haste) did in fact leave your words altered and make certain questions irrelevant. Thank you for catching the equal/equitable distinction. I think it will be relevant to this week's chapter material. Hi, Rachel–My apologies for that–I read your entry in haste and had the Kuznet’s ratio in my head instead of the Gini. As I (incorrectly) read it, that sentence misdefined a term. However, thinking “Gini” (as the sentence told me to!), it is clear that the sentence states a fact accurately. Editing out the sentence until you could look at it (a poor decision made in haste) did in fact leave your words altered and make certain questions irrelevant.

Thank you for catching the equal/equitable distinction. I think it will be relevant to this week’s chapter material.

]]> Comment on Equality and Inequality by Rachel Peters http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/17/equality-and-inequality/#comment-476 Rachel Peters Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:59:29 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/17/equality-and-inequality/#comment-476 If you had not previously edited out my comments about the construction of the gini coefficient, you would never have thought that my argument was about the "sheer existence of the measure." Also, equally and equitably are not always interchangeable. The first does not usually connote a moral or ethical stance, whereas the latter clearly does. Therefore, your comment proves my point. If you had not previously edited out my comments about the construction of the gini coefficient, you would never have thought that my argument was about the “sheer existence of the measure.”
Also, equally and equitably are not always interchangeable. The first does not usually connote a moral or ethical stance, whereas the latter clearly does. Therefore, your comment proves my point.

]]> Comment on Equality and Inequality by Liz Perry-Sizemore http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/17/equality-and-inequality/#comment-474 Liz Perry-Sizemore Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:17:32 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/17/equality-and-inequality/#comment-474 Does the Gini really assume that an equal distribution is the preferred outcome, or does it just let us see how income may be distributed more equitably in some societies than in others? I don’t think that the sheer existence of the measure is a judgment on how income should be distributed. Does the Gini really assume that an equal distribution is the preferred outcome, or does it just let us see how income may be distributed more equitably in some societies than in others? I don’t think that the sheer existence of the measure is a judgment on how income should be distributed.

]]> Comment on “The sky is the limit, but the clouds are very low.” by Liz Perry-Sizemore http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/12/the-sky-in-the-limit-but-the-clouds-are-very-low%e2%80%9d/#comment-307 Liz Perry-Sizemore Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:53:02 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/04/12/the-sky-in-the-limit-but-the-clouds-are-very-low%e2%80%9d/#comment-307 Are sloth and excellence the only things that determine intital placement at the starting line? Are sloth and excellence the only things that determine intital placement at the starting line?

]]> Comment on Specialization by Sarah Stout http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/03/05/specialization/#comment-9 Sarah Stout Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:18:35 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/03/05/specialization/#comment-9 How am I going to focus my efforts? That's a loaded question, and I've been considering it since you threw it out there... at any given moment I either have several ideas, or no idea, whichever way you prefer to see it :) How am I going to focus my efforts? That’s a loaded question, and I’ve been considering it since you threw it out there… at any given moment I either have several ideas, or no idea, whichever way you prefer to see it :)

]]> Comment on Regulatory Budget and the CFR by Sarah Stout http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/03/04/14/#comment-8 Sarah Stout Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:38:32 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/03/04/14/#comment-8 If tax experts can barely keep up with the codes, I wonder how regulators do. I suspect that so much of written law in America is not actively enforced, especially various corporate regulations. Sure, because it is costly...but maybe some of that cost is incurred trying to comprehend 90,000 pages of rules. Nevermind piling state and local code on top of that, right? If tax experts can barely keep up with the codes, I wonder how regulators do. I suspect that so much of written law in America is not actively enforced, especially various corporate regulations. Sure, because it is costly…but maybe some of that cost is incurred trying to comprehend 90,000 pages of rules. Nevermind piling state and local code on top of that, right?

]]> Comment on Consumption and Investment Benefits by Sarah Stout http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/02/19/consumption-and-investment-benefits/#comment-7 Sarah Stout Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:05:30 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/02/19/consumption-and-investment-benefits/#comment-7 You're right, it is hard to disentangle consumption and investment benefits in this context. I just tried in the entry I wrote, and it took me a while to wrap my head around what I meant as I was writing. You’re right, it is hard to disentangle consumption and investment benefits in this context. I just tried in the entry I wrote, and it took me a while to wrap my head around what I meant as I was writing.

]]> Comment on What is Social Justice? by Liz Perry-Sizemore http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/02/18/what-is-social-justice/#comment-5 Liz Perry-Sizemore Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:37:56 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/02/18/what-is-social-justice/#comment-5 Rachel--Stay tuned! I am having flashbacks to a particular lively classroom discussion back in your micro principles days. Rachel–Stay tuned! I am having flashbacks to a particular lively classroom discussion back in your micro principles days.

]]> Comment on Public Econ and Lynchburg by Liz Perry-Sizemore http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/02/11/public-econ-and-lynchburg/#comment-4 Liz Perry-Sizemore Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:30:49 +0000 http://publiceconomics.randolphblogs.net/2009/02/11/public-econ-and-lynchburg/#comment-4 Sarah--I enjoyed our class discussion of Denise's paper and am looking forward to your thoughts on updating her survey when we finish our IRB paperwork today. Hope the internship is going well! Sarah–I enjoyed our class discussion of Denise’s paper and am looking forward to your thoughts on updating her survey when we finish our IRB paperwork today. Hope the internship is going well!

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