Sunday, February 23, 2014

Disgusting Hit Job on Hayek

Taking Hayek Seriously reports:







Then there is this from the Salt Lake Tribune review of the play:
Why should any of us care about century-old economic theories? In an interview last summer, [author of the play] Samuelsen told me that while writing the play, he realized that "the debate between Keynes and Hayek was essentially the debate between Obama and Romney in the last election. At one point, Keynes said, ‘In an election, you think you are voting for a candidate, but you’re not; you’re voting for one of a competing set of economic theories.’ "
Romney was advancing Hayekian ideas? Give me a break. It's more distortion of libertarian views. Hayek was far from perfect, but his views aren't Romneyrian. If any presidential candidates views could be compared to Hayek, it's the views of Ron Paul. And I have never seen anything in Hayek's writing that would suggest he is a bigot. In fact, I have never seen anyone else make such a charge about Hayek. Smuelson is one confused, lazy or dishonest man.

7 comments:

  1. The political Left is as shallow as a puddle. How can one rationally debate people who have abandoned reason?

    The Left IS the reason we are ruled by extremely corrupt and wealthy elites. They focus on the neighbor with a few extra dollars in his pocket and are blind to the crony billionaires that run the planet.

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    1. I think the right has a hysterical fear of the unknown, so they don't like foreigners. Thus the need for a powerful military spread around the world and the wish to build fences to keep foreigners out. The left has a hysterical fear of people in general and so push for more and more controls over individual's lives and property at home, because a threat that is right next door is more scary than a threat on the other side of the ocean. So the left pushes for things like gun control and wealth redistribution and thinks things like, if someone is rich, it must be because they screwed someone who is poor in some way.

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    2. "The political Left is as shallow as a puddle. How can one rationally debate people who have abandoned reason?"

      Fortunately, the political right does not have that problem. Whenever the political right rules, reason rules and the corrupt and wealthy elites take a leave of absence. I still don't understand why anyone would vote for a democrat after being blessed by 8 years of Bush.

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  2. I always find it funny how some still think Romney was some sort of free market advocated when the evidence is overwhelming obvious that he isnt.

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  3. Gary Johnson was the most hayekian candidate of the last elections

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    1. and that wasn't saying much http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/04/gary-johnson-to-announce-his-run-for.html

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    2. I'm afraid that says more about Hayek than it does about Johnson.

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