Can We Blame Drug Addicts and the Poor for their Problems? | Bryan Caplan & Richard Hanania

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Richard and Bryan discuss the degree to which the poor - particularly those in the first world - are to blame for their circumstances. They talk about whether addiction and mental illness are best thought of as incentive problems, and how they differ from biological illnesses in treatment and accountability.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 23

  • @usandmexico
    @usandmexico 2 роки тому +3

    Bryan noted a flaw that you can repeatedly see with Richard: he overstates positions.
    Richard likes the effect of what he says at the expense of accuracy, or even truth, at times. Just follow his comments on social media.

  • @lampfish5434
    @lampfish5434 2 роки тому +5

    Guy on the right looks like a oblivion character preset

  • @TheEricponti
    @TheEricponti 2 роки тому +4

    You clearly don't understand the meaning of treating addiction like a diease...

  • @Keenan1996
    @Keenan1996 2 роки тому +4

    How does that boot taste?

  • @fogpimp
    @fogpimp 2 роки тому +4

    dude on the left has obviously never went through anything in his sheltered life

  • @SpotofNerds
    @SpotofNerds 2 роки тому +3

    what the fuck

  • @Neversoft2489
    @Neversoft2489 2 роки тому

    Do people really take the success sequence seriously? It's totally meaningless.

  • @anthonycarlino4604
    @anthonycarlino4604 2 роки тому +6

    solid video title

  • @qayray
    @qayray 2 роки тому +1

    The price sensitivity for alcohol argument is pretty dumb. Just because there is some price elasticity this doesn’t mean that addicts are drinking less. Could just be the „normal“ drinkers that are skipping a drink or two.

    • @Neversoft2489
      @Neversoft2489 2 роки тому

      It was such an incredibly weak point I couldn't believe it

  • @ShowMeMoviesInc.
    @ShowMeMoviesInc. 2 роки тому

    Lol yes working a menial job and just showing up will let you get out of being poor! Definitely!

  • @EGFritz
    @EGFritz 2 роки тому

    Lmao

  • @amatingmind7258
    @amatingmind7258 2 роки тому

    'Addiction is driven by incentives' is Caplan's central argument. Discuss. (Freely, this ain't "Bet On It.")