tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4139266779560239832..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: A Must Read Column from Paul KrugmanRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88884905783363730502013-03-18T20:26:57.512-04:002013-03-18T20:26:57.512-04:00The thing is that it's political prudent to ad...The thing is that it's political prudent to adopt the position that he is taking there. He has something to gain from it, and nothing to gain about being honest about economics. <br /><br />This is just another case of him having vested interests in the process and position he is promoting. Krugman is a rent-seeker plain and simple. Just like all rent-seekers they are politicians first, and Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488483860138306993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23017143974749771122013-03-18T19:18:38.790-04:002013-03-18T19:18:38.790-04:00Good old Ron Pail - don't you just hate it whe...Good old Ron Pail - don't you just hate it when that happens... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12311158238691499992013-03-18T18:44:50.192-04:002013-03-18T18:44:50.192-04:00Interesting add, Paul Wolfowitz discusses Iraq war...Interesting add, Paul Wolfowitz discusses Iraq war 10 Years On<br />http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/18/10_years_on_paul_wolfowitz_admits_us_bungled_in_iraq_117492.html No apology for being a key driver(along with PNAC in 1990's). If I was able to question the need for a full scale war at that time, and the consequences in terms of loss of life, expense, and now postwar care Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66840256074001062862013-03-18T17:20:10.352-04:002013-03-18T17:20:10.352-04:00The military industrial complex, Private Equity(Ca...The military industrial complex, Private Equity(Carlyle Group esp. with ex. Pres. Bush others on payroll), and needing a new cause for a military less in need post Soviet Union Fall drove Iraq, and global militarism then and today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55050543594750634632013-03-18T16:55:07.502-04:002013-03-18T16:55:07.502-04:00Krugman switches to economics, where he proves he&...Krugman switches to economics, where he proves he's incapable of grasping concepts a six year old can master.Bippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248188281442457855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22157959490135900912013-03-18T14:11:00.143-04:002013-03-18T14:11:00.143-04:00Two words missing in Krugman's article are &qu...Two words missing in Krugman's article are "Ron" and "Pail", followed closely by the phrase "was right".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608338487986741434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81805823057587840252013-03-18T13:50:42.614-04:002013-03-18T13:50:42.614-04:00"having imposed financial costs vastly higher..."having imposed financial costs vastly higher than the war’s boosters predicted — left America weaker, "<br /><br />Why? Hasn't the war spending been good for the economy in Krugman's view?Josiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283350026155164077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8483594431751830802013-03-18T13:50:15.824-04:002013-03-18T13:50:15.824-04:00Krugman switches to economics, where he admits tha...Krugman switches to economics, where he admits that he has opponents but marginalizes them as being outside of the mainstream.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697676006025418290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10178578751530304392013-03-18T13:31:54.777-04:002013-03-18T13:31:54.777-04:00With all that government war spending, you would t...With all that government war spending, you would think the economy would be booming by now.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77547639465072753602013-03-18T13:19:40.088-04:002013-03-18T13:19:40.088-04:00Same goes for Keynesian economics when the Austria...Same goes for Keynesian economics when the Austrians are warning about what's coming.James Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00691491559386497208noreply@blogger.com