Tuesday, July 7, 2009

People hearing without listening

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People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
----------------- ( Simon and Garfunkel)

A heated debate in the Blogosphere ( the "no"zone layer? Because all we say is NO) on Administrative costs of Medicare versus private insurance. Fascinating comments and discussion. At the end of it one wonders if viewpoints that people start with ever get changed : all read through the focal lens of ideology .

Mankiw on Robert Book's Heritage Foundation article here
Krugman's response.
Andrew Gelman here.
Tyler Cowen's take and further points
Megan McArdle here.

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