tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2972168096419216873..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul Is Embarrassing the Austrian School of EconomicsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2669684316973285082013-08-13T21:10:56.011-04:002013-08-13T21:10:56.011-04:00Apple trees bear apples and they do not fall too f...Apple trees bear apples and they do not fall too far from the tree. Ron is an imbecile so Rand is an imbecile. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23073688958444696162013-08-13T20:19:31.380-04:002013-08-13T20:19:31.380-04:00Yep, he's giving all of his principles away fo...Yep, he's giving all of his principles away for zero return...then again, who is to know if he had any to begin with? We give Rand the benefit of the doubt because of his relation to Ron, and his prior dedication to Liberty, but seeing how he acts now it's clear he was simply playing the strongest hand he could to get ahead. Liberty was the easy way forward then, and now it's neocon brian!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18045415968304427178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68710291007359673772013-08-13T17:09:31.455-04:002013-08-13T17:09:31.455-04:00Which is why people like George selgin are so vici...Which is why people like George selgin are so vicious against rothbard while kissing up to krugman and praising Friedman as being a better economist than Rothbard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89181870180004167022013-08-13T17:00:23.995-04:002013-08-13T17:00:23.995-04:00Just like it’s always good for people to understan...Just like it’s always good for people to understand that libertarians are not “conservatives” or Republicans, I think it’s always good for everyone to know that Friedman was a Keynesian.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74590550655959464282013-08-13T15:39:06.734-04:002013-08-13T15:39:06.734-04:00There are SO MANY STYLES AND VERSIONS of Keynesian...There are SO MANY STYLES AND VERSIONS of Keynesianism.<br /><br /><i>The entire body of work that you yourself [Krugman] associate with is based on an MIT tradition that interprets Keynesian economics through the lens of Samuelson’s neo-classical synthesis. Prices and wages are sticky; therefore unemployment is high. As I have argued now for more than six years, Keynesian economics is not about Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9747328978369436002013-08-13T15:10:35.224-04:002013-08-13T15:10:35.224-04:00Yet the party nd talk radio types have been forced...Yet the party nd talk radio types have been forced to move closer to Ron's views - at least in rhetoric - on gold, the fed, the patriot act, the NSA, etc. interesting how that not compromising stuff works.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13368439119732229722013-08-13T14:26:08.780-04:002013-08-13T14:26:08.780-04:00What's most troubling about Rand's "m...What's most troubling about Rand's "mainstreaming" is that even though he has moved a mile towards the Political Establishment, they haven't moved an inch towards him.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172083437365597731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3321761496521083672013-08-13T14:22:40.696-04:002013-08-13T14:22:40.696-04:00What's most troubling about Rand's "m...What's most troubling about Rand's "mainstreaming" is that on on critical issues he has moved towards the establishment but in return the establishment hasn't moved an inch towards him.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172083437365597731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48106105610673885382013-08-13T14:07:48.218-04:002013-08-13T14:07:48.218-04:00LOL at those fat catsLOL at those fat catsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com