The Wire - Stringer Bell learns the basics of Macroeconomics

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Season 1 - Episode 8

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MrRobbieboy74, at 04/02/2013 06:10, says:
I don't think it was forced into the conversation. I think it actually was quite accurate. Office supplies industry has low concentration. I think his using it shows that he is trying very hard to be a businessman a play the aforementioned rise-to-the-top-via-capitalism game. He did a pretty good job. He just wasn't a gangster, I suppose. Avon was, which is why he survived. That's my pov anyway.
c3066521, at 03/31/2013 16:23, says:
No actually I think he is spot on. That little touch of Stringer of taking the economics 101 principle he learns and crowbarring it into a conversation is very deliberate and telling. I thought it was one of the most interesting aspects of his character and not over-analysis or self-projection at all.
MrRobbieboy74, at 03/19/2013 16:24, says:
That's interesting an for sure a possibility. I didn't see it that way though. I saw a man with the cupidity in his eyes frustrated by the waste (in the form of rivalry) of the drug trade. In his head, he is a businessman who runs a corporation employed with a bunch of idiots. I saw his berating his employees and trying to educate them as motivated by his greed and frustration at the notion that they could be making so much more money if they could collude. An "arms race" in game theory.
Angarwaen1936, at 03/19/2013 13:43, says:
I do think however that Stringer does have this will to show his intellectual superiority over the "gangster bullshit".
Rudy Robelez, at 03/17/2013 12:44, says:
I agree with you, Stringer was not nearly as smart as he thought he was.
stuckupcurlyguy, at 02/01/2013 07:06, says:
Let's ignore how bummed out everyone might be by whatever for a second. I think these particular scenes were the show's way of showing the development in Stringer's character rather than his simplicity. I also think it displays how impossible this development is to those on the streets - no gangster but Stringer would have been able to understand what was going on in that class and then apply it to a real life scenario. He's actually much better at explaining the concept than the teacher was.
SclafaniBagni, at 01/28/2013 21:31, says:
But I do think it's worth discussing. I was just surprised by how bummed out you were because of my comment.
2920rainshand, at 01/28/2013 20:10, says:
I'm not hurt, I'm just trying to have a casual discussion. If you don't think a TV show is worth discussing, why bother commenting on it...
SclafaniBagni, at 01/28/2013 12:31, says:
It's just my opinion of a TV show, dude. I don't know why you have to be so hurt by it.
2920rainshand, at 01/28/2013 05:24, says:
He tries to relay the concepts he learns to his subordinates so they take the shit they're doing more seriously. It comes across as amateurish but he's very eager to put concepts into practice. I dunno why you gotta make it sound negative.
KevinWillia1, at 01/25/2013 16:14, says:
yo why they be talkin microeconomics in a maco class. fools
YungStatikz, at 01/19/2013 16:13, says:
Notice how stringer bell is in a practically all-white class unlike the other ones mcnulty peeped in .. Are they trying to imply that stringer bells course is somewhat prestigious or tough ?
MrRobbieboy74, at 01/14/2013 05:48, says:
I say that because I don't know where you're getting that from. He doesn't care to show off to low-level soldiers. He is anything but a facade. I suspect most of the crew had no idea what Stringer's pad looked like, i.e. owning of Wealth of Nations. That book is particularly significant because Stringer is entirely motivated by self interest: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest."
SclafaniBagni, at 01/13/2013 14:09, says:
Ok, fine, but saying I'm over-analyzing and self-projecting....seriously?
MrRobbieboy74, at 01/13/2013 04:47, says:
You are over-analyzing it and probably self-projecting onto Stringer's character. He is portrayed ultimately as a businessman, and not a gangster. His interest in economics just illustrates that his true desire is to play the game of the free market, in which self interest can make one very wealthy by matching supply when there's a glut of demand due to illegality laws. It is this desire, instead of being a true gangster, that culminates in his death.
trixter1996, at 01/06/2013 19:07, says:
lool and Shamrock liked Roberts Rules "Nigga chair aint recognize you"
january simes, at 12/21/2012 21:27, says:
STRINGER BELL TRIES TO REFORM PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE REFORMED,MOREOVER THATS A THUG FOR YOU.
SclafaniBagni, at 12/15/2012 11:39, says:
To be honest, yes!
largesatsuma, at 12/15/2012 09:19, says:
How do you explain Stringer's library then? You think he held onto all those books on classic economics to show off to the guys on the corner?
ricky mills, at 11/03/2012 12:17, says:
McNulty was all on stringer
Jibin Park, at 09/18/2012 16:10, says:
Two econ mistakes: 1) It should be a microeconomics NOT macroeconomics course. This error has already been noted in previous comments. 2) The professor states that, "As price increases, demand decreases..." This confuses change in demand vs. change in quantity demanded. A price increase affects quantity demanded but not demand itself. Now, if by elasticity of demand, the fake TV professor meant cross-price elasticity of demand, then she is correct, but we must assume own price elasticity.
ricky mills, at 09/14/2012 13:09, says:
Drug dealers have to take community college too
DawgStudios, at 09/05/2012 18:29, says:
Stringer's paper office front company REALLY ties in with his appearance in "The Office".
HybridD91, at 08/21/2012 01:00, says:
That includes trailer park trash too, right?