tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1908359864070416220..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Krugman Develops a Template to Respond to His Flip FlopsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3424340030248405572012-10-17T23:52:03.227-04:002012-10-17T23:52:03.227-04:00Its one thing to change your views, but quite anot...Its one thing to change your views, but quite another to have provided bad or misleading information, especially as a PROFESSIONAL! A PROFESSIONAL corrects his/her mistakes and explains where they went wrong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62218404457846562732012-10-17T23:30:35.487-04:002012-10-17T23:30:35.487-04:00I'm somewhat surprised that he didn't simp...I'm somewhat surprised that he didn't simply paraphrase Emerson:<br /><br />"Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds".<br /><br />Whereas (self-defined) "great-minds" need not bother about trivial things like "consistency" (what a barbaric, provincial, bourgeois concept!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78779372960443141902012-10-17T20:25:15.738-04:002012-10-17T20:25:15.738-04:00All three situations are just variations on a them...All three situations are just variations on a theme, that is his thinking is not rooted in principles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86386164695252628762012-10-17T13:09:43.718-04:002012-10-17T13:09:43.718-04:00It's not lying if what you're saying could... It's not lying if what you're saying could be true if the facts were different. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10863201528843733112012-10-17T12:14:01.241-04:002012-10-17T12:14:01.241-04:00He should just said "I changed my view becaus...He should just said "I changed my view because I was stupid then, despite being a Noble Prize winner. Now I am wiser, and that may also mean I am less stupid now than before."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22110011577587512402012-10-17T11:01:50.017-04:002012-10-17T11:01:50.017-04:00"When the 'facts' (read: political op..."When the 'facts' (read: political opportunities) change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"<br /><br />Krugman is just like Keynes. Bunch of lying scumbags, the both of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55069894873899620142012-10-17T09:19:11.724-04:002012-10-17T09:19:11.724-04:00Translation:
"I haven't been able to kee...Translation:<br /><br />"I haven't been able to keep my research assistants and ghost-writers who actually write the nonsense atributed to me straight over the years."JFFnoreply@blogger.com