Right-wing: Logic left-wing:emotion

[Ziggy Stardust]

Why are Austrians better economivists? Is it the diet?

 

[GoodSarmatian]

All I can say is the last time we let an Austrian run Germany didn't end well. His financial policy was basically "kill the jews and take their stuff".

 

[Cutlass]

To be fair, he killed and took the stuff of a lot more than the Jews.

 

[Laurencius]

Scientists, who by and large tend to be very logical thinkers, are more likely to have liberal political views.

Pew Research Center surveyed more than 2,500 scientists in 2009, conducted in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which offered a pretty strong sample size. The survey found that more than half (55%) of the scientists identified themselves as Democrats, and nearly as many (52%) call themselves liberal.

Only 9% of the scientists, meanwhile, consider themselves conservative, while fewer still (6%) identified themselves as Republicans.

So it's not just the liberal arts students, who the OP seems to hold in contempt, that are more likely to be liberal.

People with MBAs do tend to be more conservative, and in my opinion, MBA graduates are driven more by an emotion: greed.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

To be fair, he killed and took the stuff of a lot more than the Jews.

Yes, but he kind of had to to. At some point the Jews ran out.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

1)leftists steal the name liberal to mean "socialist"

As a socialist I can assure you that only the Right refers to liberals as socialists, and only when they really want to slander them. We would never associate ourselves with the liberal moniker, as we disagree with many of the fundamental tenets of liberalism.

2)leftists like Chomsky are now trying to steal the term "libertarian" from us to mean something than nobody except chimpzy understand

The shoe is very much on the other foot. Libertarian was a leftist word first, referring to the anarchist opposition to both the state and to corporate hierarchy (both being authoritarian, the antonym). Only later did right wingers come along and hijack the word to label their own silly brand of market-freedom, corporate wankery, and daydreaming about long-outdated 19th century style economics.

 

[aelf]

And my favourite philosopher is Friedrich Nietzsche,the most far right-wing philosopher ever

Yeah, and you completely missed his point too.

 

[BvBPL]

Based on the initial statement here, I would have expected a logical explanation of Conservative fiscal policies as a means to demonstrate their superiority over those of the other side. Instead, we got sophomoric name-calling aimed at raising an emotional response. The logic deduction based on these facts and the presumptions provided by the poster is that Loreal is a bleeding-heart Liberal because he is using an emotional argument.

(Sorry if anyone else made the same observation.)

 

[mayor]

What is it with economists and saying they're inherently better than everyone else. Most other people manage to keep those thoughts to themselves, but not economists.

I take offence to that. I'm an economist and yes I know I am better than everyone else but I do keep those thoughts to myself..

 

[Silurian]

Why are Austrians better economivists? Is it the diet?

The food on Austria airlines is ok.

So it must help the economivists when they are flying but I have never seen anyone reading Ayn Rind when in Wien

 

[katipunero]

Scientists, who by and large tend to be very logical thinkers, are more likely to have liberal political views.

Pew Research Center surveyed more than 2,500 scientists in 2009, conducted in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which offered a pretty strong sample size. The survey found that more than half (55%) of the scientists identified themselves as Democrats, and nearly as many (52%) call themselves liberal.

Only 9% of the scientists, meanwhile, consider themselves conservative, while fewer still (6%) identified themselves as Republicans.

So it's not just the liberal arts students, who the OP seems to hold in contempt, that are more likely to be liberal.

People with MBAs do tend to be more conservative, and in my opinion, MBA graduates are driven more by an emotion: greed.

a little OT, but i wish there was course or a degree in conservative arts. wait, is there?

 

[anandus]

a little OT, but i wish there was course or a degree in conservative arts. wait, is there?

It's called church (or mosque or temple, depending on your preference)

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I suppose today illusionism would be a conservative art subject.

 

[aronnax]

yeah in "humanities"....history,sociology,philosophy and all that worthless for hippies where marxist professor are free to brainwash their pupils with subjective rhetoric

when it comes to real degree like computer science,engineering and economics....

Ted Turner - Medial Mogul, founder of CNN, chairman of the UN foundation Board, environmental philanthropist, Time's person of the year and his greatest achievement: Created Captain Planet.

Majored in: Classics, before being pressure by his father to economics and then expelled completely from college

Loreal's judgement? - Hippie



Arthur Miller - Great American playright, changed theatre and drama, famous for his works, especially 'Death of a Salesmen', Pulitzer prize winner, dared to criticise America during the McCarthy period and his greatest achievement: Married Marilyn Monroe.

Majored in: Drama and English

Loreal's judgement? - Hippie



Aung San Suu Kyi - Head of Myanmar's Opposition party, human rights symbol, Nobel Peace Prize Laurette and if she wasn't obstructed by the military government, Prime Minister of Myanmar. Greatest achievement is being the living symbol of the flipping off the Burmese junta.

Majored in: Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Loreal's judgement? - Hippie



Deng Xiao Ping - Paramount Leader of China, introduced free market reforms to China, opened China to the world and modernising China. His greatest achievements is surviving two purges initiated by Mao and then becoming his successor.

Majored in: Marxism

Loreal's judgement? - Hippie



Ronald Reagan - President of the United States, invader of Grenada and the political symbol of the right-wing movement in America.

Majored in: Sociology, economics

Loreal's judgement? - Hippie

 

[Lone Wolf]

Ted Turner - Medial Mogul, founder of CNN, chairman of the UN foundation Board, environmental philanthropist, Time's person of the year and his greatest achievement: Created Captain Planet.

CNN is a vessel of Russophobic propaganda that corrupts Russians insides the country and deceives the few honest people in the We$t. We must protect the Russian people in general and, above all, Russian children, from the vile We$tern propaganda.

Arthur Miller - Great American playright, changed theatre and drama, famous for his works, especially 'Death of a Salesmen', Pulitzer prize winner, dared to criticise America during the McCarthy period and his greatest achievement: Married Marilyn Monroe.

Criticising America is good, but not enough. My verdict: ambivalent.

Aung San Suu Kyi - Head of Myanmar's Opposition party, human rights symbol, Nobel Peace Prize Laurette and if she wasn't obstructed by the military government, Prime Minister of Myanmar. Greatest achievement is being the living symbol of the flipping off the Burmese junta.

I bet that "Opposition party" is sponsored by CIA or George Soros, who wants to overthrow the current, decent Burmese government in the name of "democracy" and "human rights" - meaning, exploitation and misery. The CIA wants to do the same thing to Russia, too.

Deng Xiao Ping - Paramount Leader of China, introduced free market reforms to China, opened China to the world and modernising China. His greatest achievements is surviving two purges initiated by Mao and then becoming his successor.

"Free Market" and "modernization" are favourite words of the Washington-Brussels Masonic octopus.

Ronald Reagan - President of the United States

Puppet of the aforementioned Octopus.

 

[Cheetah]

aronnax won the thread!

 

[GoodSarmatian]

You forgot 'Catholic-Judeo'

Btw, wasn't Ayn Rand Russian ?.