tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240730580083032584.post3324501145648903221..comments2024-02-26T22:53:09.562-08:00Comments on Money, Markets, and Misperceptions: Re: Daniel Kuehn's Defense and CounterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240730580083032584.post-46677379433868353742012-12-23T15:24:57.785-08:002012-12-23T15:24:57.785-08:00Continual surveillance by weaponized drones has a ...Continual surveillance by weaponized drones has a different impact that flybys from fighter jets or ground occupation. I think that the imminence of drone warfare is probably more psychologically draining than the other forms. The UN has expressed similar concerns about the implications of drone warfare and demands greater transparency just as you do. <br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/21/drone-strikes-international-law-un<br /><br />You have more faith than I do that the government will appropriately manage this technology. If the program is transparent, then you are correct that this is a better alternative. War is not an institution that easily lends itself to transparency. The work of journalists, academics, and activist may eventually encourage a higher level of transparency, but I am skeptical that we will see enough.<br />James Catonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14807595180565488334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1240730580083032584.post-7211747800348034742012-12-23T04:53:47.473-08:002012-12-23T04:53:47.473-08:00re: "Drones don't just kill civilians (mo...re: <i>"Drones don't just kill civilians (most military inteventions do that), they make life terrifying for them."</i><br /><br />Your parenthetical should probably come at the end of the sentence too, don't you think!<br /><br />re: <i>"Kuehn appears to underestimate this effect."</i><br /><br />Not sure where the miscommunication is on this point, but I don't think I do. The circle of people terrorized by drones, though, is likely much smaller than those terrorized by conventional war.<br /><br />I'm a little intrigued by an opening sentence of yours that was left undeveloped - about the different perspectives and public choice vs. public interest. I take a public choice perspective on things too (one could say a "political economy" perspective more broadly, but including public choice insights) when I think about institutions and the public interest - so I'm not really sure that's the source of the disagreement.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.com