P.J. O'Rourke On the Wealth of Nations Part 1 of 2

[bleeds4u]

A stand up comedian at most. Can't say much in the way of insight. Capitalism is not zero sum. It was a few centuries ago when if you run out of stuff all you needed to do is go colonize someone else stuff but unless we can fly off to Kepler 22b for more resources, we might not survive capitalism and in particular currency based capitalism.

[soapbxprod]

@bleeds4u Please elaborate.

[nonmaterialthings]

This is so wrong. They should have hired someone who can actually think about what he or she was reading rather than repeat talking points. Wealth is a zero sum game- the earth is big, but not infinite. Adam Smith's views were both short-sighted and wrong at the outset.

[ClumsyRoot]

@nonmaterialthings

Wealth can absolutely be created--look at what's happened over the past 150 years.

You seem to be confusing wealth with resources, some of which are limited.

[soapbxprod]

@ClumsyRoot Precisely.

[soapbxprod]

@nonmaterialthings Pure ad hominem. Empty declaration. Please elaborate.

[userek69]

lots of oversimplifications

[soapbxprod]

@userek69 Please elaborate.

[optionsupdate]

O'rourke starts speaking at 8.15

[CountArtha]

I think I've given guest lectures shorter than that introduction.

[oleinfidel]

Why do the pin-heads introducing smart people, think that if they blather on, it will make them appear smart...get out of the way u idiot...

[ClumsyRoot]

P.J. starts speaking at 8:16.

[latewire]

@ClumsyRoot thanks. that intro was totally unnecessarily longwinded

[travisblindsay]

@ClumsyRoot Thanks for saving me 8 minutes. :-)

[doveisle]

@ClumsyRoot Thanks for saving 8 minutes of my life.

[jwiderstra]

@ClumsyRoot thank u

[leeboydsc]

I hate these loooong introductions by boring people. Love PJ though.