tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post113340331092831827..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Online GamblingDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-2090588081108678952009-06-05T04:13:01.756-06:002009-06-05T04:13:01.756-06:00I think the only way they will ever be ok with onl...I think the only way they will ever be ok with <a href="http://www.betterbettingonline.com/gambling_101.html" rel="nofollow">online gambling</a> is if they are making money too.Damonhttp://bombshellpokergirls.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-7111367495614698212008-05-07T09:20:00.000-06:002008-05-07T09:20:00.000-06:00Perhaps the problem then is our proclivity for mak...Perhaps the problem then is our proclivity for making rules and laws.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-74147219567291987612008-04-14T18:06:00.000-06:002008-04-14T18:06:00.000-06:00Dr. Tufte mentioned that the old laws are not suff...Dr. Tufte mentioned that the old laws are not sufficient to our changing technology. I completely agree with this. We can see that with technology and all the benefits which we receive, comes a cost. The costs are these negative issues which we sometimes do not see. These may take years to fix and it seems as though we can never catch up to makes things right.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301075222651886044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-42501915042234569152007-12-31T18:29:00.000-07:002007-12-31T18:29:00.000-07:00Thanks for commenting.I agree - except for the who...Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>I agree - except for the whole part about the negative externalities of gambling. I think the government has a role to help internalize those costs, and I'm not sure that out moves to "decriminalize" gambling are helping to do that.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1135024720110447742005-12-19T13:38:00.000-07:002005-12-19T13:38:00.000-07:00-1 on Maddy's post for grammatical errors.Whether ...-1 on Maddy's post for grammatical errors.<BR/><BR/>Whether gambling is desirable or not, the issue here is that our old laws were not updated sufficiently quickly to deal with changing technology (gee - the government was too slow ... do you think?). I think existing laws come down fairly clearly on the side of Antigua.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com