“It would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper magistrate to the people as it would to refer the choice of colors to a blind man.”
(quoted in Rick Shenkman, Just How Stupid Are We?)
Sep 17 2008
Bloomberg interviews William Poole. Bloomberg doesn't permalink their video interviews, so I just linked to the page where I found it. It's not necessarily worth watching the whole thing. The essential message is that he doesn't like leverage. He even suggested phasing out the deductibility of interest on corporate...
Sep 17 2008
From Shenkman, Just How Stupid Are We?:The economist and liberal columnist Paul Krugman is convinced that the dawn of a new liberal era is upon us. If it is, one can be certain that liberals will stop complaining about the People.From Tabarrok:If McCain wins I predict Caplan will be in high demand as half the populati...
Sep 17 2008
"It would be as unnatural to refer the choice of a proper magistrate to the people as it would to refer the choice of colors to a blind man." (quoted in Rick Shenkman, Just How Stupid Are We?)
READER COMMENTS
Luke G.
Sep 17 2008 at 10:20am
My guess would be Samuel Johnson.
dave smith
Sep 17 2008 at 10:50am
George Mason?
Paludicola
Sep 17 2008 at 2:37pm
I will rather crudely guess that it was said by Alexander Hamilton.
Irrespective of who said, it rather share the sentiment and think that the threatened preponderation of the executive over the other branches owes in some portion to popular election of the chief magistrate.
Bryan Caplan
Sep 17 2008 at 2:52pm
Dave Smith gets it right. It’s George Mason.
R. Richard Schweitzer
Sep 17 2008 at 4:20pm
Hobbes
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