The sentence was in a NYT blog essay yesterday by the distinguished University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan. The full essay is as bad as the sentence and I don't suggest wasting time reading it. But here is the URL:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/public-policy-and-wages/ Gene On Oct 9, 2013, at 11:48 PM, socialismorbarbarism wrote: > "And what are the 'many circumstances'?" > > You know, when it happens. Except for when it doesn't. > > Your newspaper quote sure packs an amazing amount of bullshit--stated, > assumed, and rhetorical--into one sentence, doesn't it? > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a sentence I copied out of the newspaper. > > > "In many circumstances, wages roughly keep up with consumer price inflation > > as the sellers of consumer goods use their extra revenue to compete for > > workers." > > True or False? > > And what are the "many circumstances"? > > Gene > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
