A good example of the blogging I’m in favor of, especially when it comes together with a current policy proposal that is trying to move a line from blue to red, and having the population thinking this would be very nice of the government:
I think this tweet is the opposite of “economic literacy” and/or “EA mindset”. It poses a link between regulation and increasing prices without giving any justifications, weighing alternatives, thinking about any counterfactual, etc.
TL;DR: Yeah, this tweet doesn’t in itself explain everything.
It’s better, for example, to show a suggested regulation (like with butter imports in Israel), and say what’s expected to happen if it passes, and then if it passes—to reference the previous post and say “yeah this isn’t surprising”
A good example of the blogging I’m in favor of, especially when it comes together with a current policy proposal that is trying to move a line from blue to red, and having the population thinking this would be very nice of the government:
Edit: Added this to the post
I think this tweet is the opposite of “economic literacy” and/or “EA mindset”. It poses a link between regulation and increasing prices without giving any justifications, weighing alternatives, thinking about any counterfactual, etc.
TL;DR: Yeah, this tweet doesn’t in itself explain everything.
It’s better, for example, to show a suggested regulation (like with butter imports in Israel), and say what’s expected to happen if it passes, and then if it passes—to reference the previous post and say “yeah this isn’t surprising”
Do that 1000 times and a pattern emerges