I say it reads like satire because it looks like a joke an economist might make when trying to underscore the limitations of simple supply/demand models, in a similar fashion to the efficient market hypothesis punchline of “if there was really $100 on the floor, someone would have picked it up already”.
I say you’re much less neurotic than me! Y’know, like that saying that Orwell couldn’t blow his nose without moralizing on conditions in the handkerchief industry. I have yet to attain any of his virtues, but I already have some of his flaws. :)
I say it reads like satire because it looks like a joke an economist might make when trying to underscore the limitations of simple supply/demand models, in a similar fashion to the efficient market hypothesis punchline of “if there was really $100 on the floor, someone would have picked it up already”.
I say you’re much less neurotic than me! Y’know, like that saying that Orwell couldn’t blow his nose without moralizing on conditions in the handkerchief industry. I have yet to attain any of his virtues, but I already have some of his flaws. :)