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Public education is a means of intergenerational redistribution, of equalizing the initial human capital endowment of the citizenry. dsquared's claim is a variation of the same point: "The argument's quite simple; there is a financing constraint which prevents many people from buying as much education as they would want if that constraint did not exist."

Education Loans, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Rather than debate these dubious propositions, let's assume, for argument's sake, that they are all true.

Drug Prices, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

For argument's sake, let's turn the phrase around.

Paul Schwennesen: Priceless: The Value of Nothing Paul Schwennesen 2012

But the messenger's identity doesn't determine the argument's validity or invalidity.

Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I'll disagree about Type M arguments, both for argument's sake and to make our host feel better about his past.

Economic Arguments, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Eliot Spitzer, of the unpleasantness at the Mayflower hotel, as the prime proponent of this strategy hurts the argument's credibility.

What 'Inside Job' does (and doesn't) get right about the financial crisis Neil Irwin 2010

Many people continue to imply that President Obama is a Muslim; for argument's sake, what if he was?

Gibbs: No decision by Obama on a Washington-area church 2009

Many people continue to imply that President Obama is a Muslim; for argument's sake, what if he was?

Gibbs: No decision by Obama on a Washington-area church 2009

There is nothing reasonable about establishing a Muslim-free zone around ground zero (the bigots still won't tell us how many blocks in diameter that's supposed to be), and attempting to reassure O'Reilly's alleged reasonableness on this by saying "hey I worry when I see Muslims too" merely compound the original argument's bigotry with a good dose of stupidity.

Omar Baddar: Endorsing the Islamophobic Exception: Fox News and Juan Williams Omar Baddar 2010

The argument's quite simple; there is a financing constraint which prevents many people from buying as much education as they would want if that constraint did not exist.

Education Loans, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009