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HES: QUERY--Econ fallacies question

Hugh Cameron (cameronh at carleton.edu)

Sat Jul 15 16:50:41 EDT 2006

I'm compiling a list of economic fallacies and would appreciate some   
tips on ones which might be less-obvious.  So far I've come up with   
Malthus's theory of population growth, Say's Law, protectionism   
(Smoot-Hawley and the Corn Laws), the quick fix to inflation of   
printing money, excessive government control like minimum wage and rent   
control, and the labor theory of value.  Do you have any more ideas?    
Thank you very much.  
  
Hugh Cameron