{"id":13149,"date":"2020-04-25T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=13149"},"modified":"2020-04-25T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T22:34:35","slug":"deep-thinker-central-planning-blue-hats-learn-about-basic-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/deep-thinker-central-planning-blue-hats-learn-about-basic-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep thinker central planning blue hats learn about basic economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">China tried a Great Leap Forward Using price control for food. 30,000,000 people died from starvation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Deeply Understood Chinese Knowledge.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Free market pricing lets the economy find a Goldilocks price point. Not too hot, not too cold. Well, SF instituted price controls. The mayor and supervisors love central planning.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I predicted this would happen when&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;decided that she should pick pricing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d as opposed to letting the free market decide.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Do&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;still deliver to treasure island?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">jason calacanis <\/b><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jason?s=11\">@Jason<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image2-14.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" id=\"44A96C09-9D2B-4F68-8070-0A8405CF309A\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Uber eats Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deliver&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1254065630086479872\/jybVjFD-_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Matt Haney (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthaneysf?s=11\">@MattHaneySF<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthaneysf\/status\/1253750774552641536?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/24\/20, 1:20 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">This is DESPICABLE, outrageous behavior from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>They are now saying that they can no longer deliver to Treasure Island residents bc of new regulations capping commissions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So they are RETALIATING against SF by punishing one of our most low income, isolated communities&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/URlgpWleWB\">pic.twitter.com\/URlgpWleWB<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\nTrue story, he said it. This tweet is still up.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1240458410790969350\/Le7hkdJt_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Larry Chiang @6502838008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1253853772415188992?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/24\/20, 8:10 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Deep thinker central planning blue hats learn about basic economics.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@RufusYoakam\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@RufusYoakam\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@RufusYoakam\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A697gtsNYm\">pic.twitter.com\/A697gtsNYm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image3-10.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" id=\"DC838231-81A2-4010-B9A2-7EFC49EF0F21\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Price controls inked by government officials tend to have unintended consequences. I think there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a book coming out with all the unintended consequences SF legislators have enacted.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1246074699936714754\/z73Hn-hb_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Gwen Cheni (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gweninvestor?s=11\">@GwenInvestor<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gweninvestor\/status\/1254073260305559554?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/25\/20, 10:42 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@arrington\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@arrington\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@arrington\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;Price caps (or ceilings) are actually ways to limit and reduce demand, just like quotas. Picture is worth a thousand words: here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a graph on rent control from an econ textbook.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UPsD3zLagU\">twitter.com\/gweninvestor\/s\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDtqv0T5ui\">pic.twitter.com\/FDtqv0T5ui<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1241233801340051457\/n3BtSBna_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Michael Arrington (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington?s=11\">@arrington<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\/status\/1253933684643655680?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/25\/20, 1:27 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like a parody of stupidity. It can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be real.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\nEcon 101<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What They Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Teach You at Stanford Law School\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WTDTYAHBS&#038;src=hash\">#WTDTYAHBS<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WTDTYASBS&#038;src=hash\">#WTDTYASBS<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image4-3.jpeg\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\" id=\"A81A760D-99B1-449C-B971-5B9E01FFCC07\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1250841983905562625\/uuAGj_iI_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">CEO of Duck9, Larry at (650) 283-8008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008?s=11\">@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\/status\/1254137363875364864?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">4\/25\/20, 2:57 PM<\/a>c<\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Adjustments!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;I like the mask!<\/p>\n<p>First half score was Stanford Law 0; Stanford Econ 101<\/p>\n<p>Second half, am looking forward to your in game adjustments.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lg5ZRgFCvK\">pic.twitter.com\/lg5ZRgFCvK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1235398636663603201\/miKfZOrR_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"mailto:jason@calacanis.com\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:jason@calacanis.com\">jason@calacanis.com<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jason?s=11\">@Jason<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jason\/status\/1254110105051598849?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/25\/20, 1:08 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;I predicted this would happen when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;decided that she should pick pricing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d as opposed to letting the free market decide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Do&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;still deliver to treasure island?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1250841983905562625\/uuAGj_iI_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">CEO of Duck9, Larry at (650) 283-8008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008?s=11\">@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\/status\/1254136659442118656?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/25\/20, 2:54 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Jason\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Jason\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Jason\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@UberEats\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@LondonBreed\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@DoorDash\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Postmates\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@Grubhub\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;Econ 101<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What They Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Teach You at Stanford Law School\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WTDTYAHBS&#038;src=hash\">#WTDTYAHBS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WTDTYASBS&#038;src=hash\">#WTDTYASBS<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bNbgG2vYHk\">twitter.com\/gweninvestor\/s\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FXE45jZs7K\">pic.twitter.com\/FXE45jZs7K<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1241233801340051457\/n3BtSBna_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Michael Arrington (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington?s=11\">@arrington<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrington\/status\/1253933684643655680?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/25\/20, 1:27 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like a parody of stupidity. It can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be real.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1250841983905562625\/uuAGj_iI_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">CEO of Duck9, Larry at (650) 283-8008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008?s=11\">@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\/status\/1254137363875364864?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/25\/20, 2:57 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Adjustments!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@MattHaneySF\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;I like the mask!<\/p>\n<p>First half score was Stanford Law 0; Stanford Econ 101<\/p>\n<p>Second half, am looking forward to your in game adjustments.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lg5ZRgFCvK\">pic.twitter.com\/lg5ZRgFCvK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Sales, entrepreneurship and reading people is&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WTDTYASBS&#038;src=hash\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">#WTDTYASBS<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">What They Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang China tried a Great Leap Forward Using price control for food. 30,000,000 people died from starvation. Deeply Understood Chinese Knowledge. Free market pricing lets the economy find a Goldilocks price point. Not too hot, not too cold. Well, SF instituted price controls. The mayor and supervisors love central planning.&nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I predicted this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deeply-understood-chinese-knowledge"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}