tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2258151083074801313..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The New U.S. Government Off Balance Sheet ScamRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9618709815966792392010-03-16T17:54:15.566-04:002010-03-16T17:54:15.566-04:00I believe Anonymous is mis-interpreting the work b...I believe Anonymous is mis-interpreting the work by Bentley Coffey, Patrick A. McLaughlin, and Robert D. Tolison(CM&T). Dodds bill is a legislative action and their study stated explicitly that there was no correlation between Redskins and congress. So this Bill does not prove there is no causation here.<br /><br />In fact, since legislation is required before new bureaucratic action can Efinancialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58810533028556534842010-03-16T14:28:00.843-04:002010-03-16T14:28:00.843-04:00As Arnold Kling would say, the Fed is no longer ac...As Arnold Kling would say, the Fed is no longer acting like a central bank, but a piggy bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58423600975962848322010-03-16T13:58:15.454-04:002010-03-16T13:58:15.454-04:00Dang, those little MBA and post-doc staffer cretin...Dang, those little MBA and post-doc staffer cretins on the Hill sure are earning their pay these days! I wonder how many of them wrote thesis papers entitled "Creative Destruction: New, Complex Ways to Solve Old, Simple Political Problems and Bring A Country To Its Knees In An Orgy Of Corruption And Fraud Along The Way"?Taylor Conanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270678440957992085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43121697105962073742010-03-16T12:36:23.156-04:002010-03-16T12:36:23.156-04:00I must presume this is posted here as an example o...I must presume this is posted here as an example of fruitcake propeller-head PhD's and goof-ball nutty-economists with nothing better to do with their grad students, SPSS and StatPak programs. <br /><br />Indeed, this is an excellent example of how correlation is not causation. Believe me, when the (Dead)skins are doing poorly (like for the past several seasons), there is no lack of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com