tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2419478186375277325..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Is Paul Krugman a Decent Person?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32548467674996774692018-11-13T21:25:06.656-05:002018-11-13T21:25:06.656-05:00Where were you in '08? Drunken stupor?Where were you in '08? Drunken stupor?Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60830136202986148732015-10-06T20:41:54.000-04:002015-10-06T20:41:54.000-04:00Maybe, but all the dire predictions resulting from...Maybe, but all the dire predictions resulting from unlimited money printing and unlimited government spending seem to be very far away. Maybe postponed indefinitely. So that is why I'm thinking that maybe the Keynesians are right after all.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52796354945705592082015-10-05T13:56:27.455-04:002015-10-05T13:56:27.455-04:00Right about what? Employment in the prime-age popu...Right about what? Employment in the prime-age population is way down, tax receipts really don't matter (they looked great during the Tech Bubble too), and the stock market is only about 5-6 years into expansion (and it shows serious signs of cracking right now). The idea that this expansion will last decades is laughable (and more or less unprecedented). The fed was too nervous even to raise Andrew Mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882531476612096442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10150441632105618862015-10-05T12:21:15.971-04:002015-10-05T12:21:15.971-04:00RW, based on your own statistics cited in numerous...RW, based on your own statistics cited in numerous articles, is it beginning to look like maybe Krugman and the Keynesians are right after all? Employment is growing, tax receipts are growing, the stock market isn't tanking, etc. And while it may crash in a heap one day, it doesn't look like it will be anytime soon. It could keep going on for many decades.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55660320939198858902015-10-05T12:06:33.274-04:002015-10-05T12:06:33.274-04:00The husband who hired Krugman at the Woodrow Wilso...The husband who hired Krugman at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton has the last name Rothschild, eh? Just a coincidence, I'm sure...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56114530610675344742015-10-05T11:44:02.401-04:002015-10-05T11:44:02.401-04:00I do not agree with Lewis' apparent negative v... I do not agree with Lewis' apparent negative view of the so-called robber barons but, for some reason, your account reminded me of the following quote:<br /><br />“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may JaimeInTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729407700850451849noreply@blogger.com