tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6162646136091879720..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: What It Is Like to Take a College Course from Paul KrugmanRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1531698230085432232015-02-21T09:39:55.758-05:002015-02-21T09:39:55.758-05:00Education is the necessity to live a comfortable l...Education is the necessity to live a comfortable life in Dubai. But everyone residing here cannot afford to compete with others. This demands qualification and if you don’t have, don’t blame your fate. Numerous <a href="http://www.uaeonlinedegrees.com/online-universities/" rel="nofollow">online universities in Dubai</a> provide easy and growth oriented courses which are solely based on enhancingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420180205219803570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28386565324531138732013-01-21T23:28:14.654-05:002013-01-21T23:28:14.654-05:00'Economic equations' is an oxymoron. They...'Economic equations' is an oxymoron. They are circular. There are no dependent and independent variables. There are no orthogonal dimensions in their pseudo-Hilbert space. At best they describe correlations. <br /><br />Eventually avatar based Monte Carlo simulations will yield useful results, but even then 'scientific methods' of analysis are impossible because there is no wayWJHalversonhttp://www.netpros.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29374981024105341572013-01-20T14:57:05.392-05:002013-01-20T14:57:05.392-05:00Actually if anything he was referring to the extre...Actually if anything he was referring to the extremely ad-hoc characteristics of the "IS/LM" model that Krugman always brags about teaching to grad students. However, congratulations on outing yourself as one of the many innumerate morons who has not, ever, actually say down and read an article of the Quarterly Journal of Economics but feels qualified to pull garbage out of their ass Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13051306355494167532013-01-18T00:07:01.883-05:002013-01-18T00:07:01.883-05:00Yeah, I am not getting my hopes up either. But so...Yeah, I am not getting my hopes up either. But so far his votes have been good. The fact that when he was sworn in Ron Paul gave him a hug can't be a bad sign either. Maybe he just knows it is impossible for anyone in american history to live up to the Ron Paul mantle. Amash actually told people he did want to live up to it, and we see the kind of dumb shit he has been doing in the last Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29237701898558081562013-01-17T16:12:22.477-05:002013-01-17T16:12:22.477-05:00I often wonder how modern-day Keynesian econometri...I often wonder how modern-day Keynesian econometricians reconcile the fact that they are utilizing the wrong methodology in their mathematical treatment of economics. After all, Keynes himself noted:<br /><br />"Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight Gregory Cummingshttp://www.gregorycummings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6516852665727671272013-01-17T14:56:12.786-05:002013-01-17T14:56:12.786-05:00Well, i don't know exactly what it means, but ...Well, i don't know exactly what it means, but in the March issue of Reason Magazine in an interview with Ron Paul follower Bryan Doherty, Massie says he doesn't want Ron Paul's mantle.<br /><br />We'll see if he's an exception to the Amash/Cruz/Rand rule, but i'm not putting my hopes up.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73642165573526057342013-01-17T12:54:06.906-05:002013-01-17T12:54:06.906-05:00In the financial markets a lot of quants are forme...In the financial markets a lot of quants are former engineers. I always ask these guys, would you try to rely on non-constant correlations in your engineering (civil, mechanical, etc)? They would all answer no and say they were just doing financial engineering because it merely paid more. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76722105362579403392013-01-17T12:19:47.552-05:002013-01-17T12:19:47.552-05:00As much as I dislike Krugman, the comparison betwe...As much as I dislike Krugman, the comparison between religion and economics isn't exclusive to his ilk. I've seen the claim thrown around to Chicagoites and Austrians alike. Some people just hate economics.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894662206192081162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-84591407247487831532013-01-17T11:40:19.568-05:002013-01-17T11:40:19.568-05:00So far Massie hasn't been a screw up like Amas...So far Massie hasn't been a screw up like Amash, Ted Cruz, Rand, etc. This is the only ron paul endorsed guy for the congress that hasn't pissed me off yet. I love how he accurately summed up krugman's bs equations, too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82881875913102323652013-01-17T11:31:02.633-05:002013-01-17T11:31:02.633-05:00What a great quote! I hope it goes viral. So maybe...What a great quote! I hope it goes viral. So maybe this guy gets it?Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7772706342538799762013-01-17T11:24:30.744-05:002013-01-17T11:24:30.744-05:00“It was more of a religion class than a science cl... “It was more of a religion class than a science class.”<br /><br />More importantly, even if Krugman had "solved" what ever equations he was presenting, it still would not be a science class. Presenting modern economic theory as science is probably the greatest fraud of the last hundred years. The fact that its considered acceptable to use the adjective "liberal" to describe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42550327257316673122013-01-17T11:15:52.287-05:002013-01-17T11:15:52.287-05:00Wow, I wonder if Massie has any idea how closely s...Wow, I wonder if Massie has any idea how closely some of his ideas resemble Austrian apologetics.Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.com