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Opinions Can Be Wrong

Opinions Can Be Wrong

Opinions can be wrong, of course.

And, of course, no one thinks their opinions are wrong.

In all of this, common sense and critical thinking should be esteemed as a rare gift. Because they both are.

I feel like I always come back to this idea when describing most concepts in economics. It’s all a technical way of stating the obvious, if I am going to be honest about it.

To temper the issue of coming across too strong, however, I try to state facts I know to be true as questions.

Honestly, which comes across better?

“High minimum wages cause unemployment.”

Or: “I think I have read that economists worry high minimum wages cause unemployment among lower-skilled workers?”

You see the point.

It tends to take the sting out of it all.

It seems they were either deceiv’d in themselves, of deceiv’d the Parliament; but common sense, aided by present danger, will sometimes be too strong for whimsical opinions.

-Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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