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Krugman in action

By on February 17, 2012 in General Discussion, Human Behavior, Politics

Arkady is on record saying that Paul Krugman is his favorite pundit (or at least social commentator). Leroy also likes Krugman and tows the Krugman line on stimulus and monetary easing (that if anything Obama didn’t spend enough on his stimulus and Bernanke’s ZIRP has been good medicine for what ails the economy). I am [...]

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Paul Krugman On Why We Should NOT Raise Interest Rates

By on February 7, 2012 in Economics, General Discussion

This is relating to a recent discussion/argument that Diogene and I have been having.   Paul Krugman’s NYT editorial of yesterday addresses the very question, and Krugman explains why he thinks it would be a terrible blunder to raise interest rates in the present economic environment. Unfortunately, I cannot link you to it, but if [...]

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Krugman and Obama

By on January 25, 2012 in Human Behavior, Politics

I reread the last couple of chapters of  “That Used to be Us” by Tom Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, because I realized I couldn’t remember how the book ended. There is a chapter with some forgettable recommendations and a final 9-page summary. The summary chapter “Rediscovering America” is interesting in that one can find, with [...]

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Paul Krugman On The Panic Of The Plutocrats

By on October 11, 2011 in Economics, Politics

A very interesting op-ed by Paul Krugman:   October 9, 2011 Panic of the Plutocrats By PAUL KRUGMAN It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and politicians and pundits who [...]

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