tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5733854211912585190..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: President of Estonia Goes Ballistic on Paul KrugmanRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73198458262774934862012-06-07T12:25:33.129-04:002012-06-07T12:25:33.129-04:00you expect a Nobel laureate to respond to a chart ...you expect a Nobel laureate to respond to a chart without any axes labels, sourcing, legends, or explanation ? Wow, !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30869949376237811642012-06-07T11:40:39.906-04:002012-06-07T11:40:39.906-04:00krugman is intellectually dishonest.
From Paul Kr...krugman is intellectually dishonest. <br />From Paul Krugman's "The Austerity Agenda"<br /><br />"Well, that’s where it gets interesting. For when you push “austerians” on the badness of their metaphor, they almost always retreat to assertions along the lines of: “But it’s essential that we shrink the size of the state.”<br /><br />Now, these assertions often go along with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8710243624469718372012-06-07T11:28:42.633-04:002012-06-07T11:28:42.633-04:00I suspect that Krugman well peg Estonia's succ...I suspect that Krugman well peg Estonia's success on the extensive EU aid they've received over the last decade or so. He'll slip out of this fairly comfortably, I'd imagine.igrobertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479029314443802981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13613744960376979392012-06-07T10:31:54.754-04:002012-06-07T10:31:54.754-04:00IIves is my kinda guy, he's probably fun to dr...IIves is my kinda guy, he's probably fun to drink beer with. I can imagine him and me playing darts over Guiness with a picture of Krugman on the dart board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18914993802255986312012-06-07T08:43:43.433-04:002012-06-07T08:43:43.433-04:00Paul Krugman vs. President of Estonia
http://www.t...Paul Krugman vs. President of Estonia<br />http://www.tarkinvestor.ee/blog.php?idee=50Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9275482327323696892012-06-07T07:32:58.364-04:002012-06-07T07:32:58.364-04:00Ah, but you see, the defense of the krugmanites is...Ah, but you see, the defense of the krugmanites is that estonia is small and insignificant and totally dependent on exports (especially to Sweden) to have a surplus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21609380026636740882012-06-07T03:57:22.668-04:002012-06-07T03:57:22.668-04:00http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9792/screenshot...http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9792/screenshot20120607at091.png<br /><br />I wonder what would Krugman say about that chart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81483938656318383462012-06-06T23:30:15.537-04:002012-06-06T23:30:15.537-04:00Krugman is a joke. He is like a mad magician who s...Krugman is a joke. He is like a mad magician who shows the audience everything but truth. Yeah, it looks right, but you know it isn't. If you look behind the trick (in this case, produced evidence), you'll see that it's all a big lie. <br /><br />Speaking of President Ilves, he used to be in the social democrat party (not anymore). So you can only assume what the more libertarian BBHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14021151705761739142012-06-06T23:18:43.418-04:002012-06-06T23:18:43.418-04:00As always, you have to watch the pie with Krugman:...As always, you have to watch the pie with Krugman: he "forgotten" to comment on the real news, and the real reason why Estonia is touted as a success; having been on Euro, just as Greece, Spain and other basket cases, Estonia had a GDP growth of 8% in 2011! If "austerity" is really so bad, how come Estonia did not crash?Ivan Jankovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752746676526149443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3726477550055542192012-06-06T22:32:58.664-04:002012-06-06T22:32:58.664-04:00Finally a president who knows what he's talkin...Finally a president who knows what he's talking about and doing something about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50756134038057920892012-06-06T21:55:51.613-04:002012-06-06T21:55:51.613-04:00Ahahahha this is epic!!
Side note - Krugman focus...Ahahahha this is epic!!<br /><br />Side note - Krugman focuses on Estonia so much because it flies so boldly in the face of the entire neo-Keynesian school.Andrew Mackenzienoreply@blogger.com