tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7699590617704500931..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Krugman Says It Would Have Been Better for the Economy if the Earthquake had Done More DamageRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49307891829511624782011-09-04T00:28:02.246-04:002011-09-04T00:28:02.246-04:00"So why doesn't Paul Krugman burn his hou..."So why doesn't Paul Krugman burn his house down."<br /><br />Ohhhh, good idea. As long as he doesn't have insurance, and has to pay "out of pocket", then it would "stimulate the economy" since money he has saved would have to be spent rebuilding!<br /><br />Damn, I fear that he might take that idea to the extreme and run with it, and burn down the whole Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33031131646460614092011-09-03T22:34:42.192-04:002011-09-03T22:34:42.192-04:00So why doesn't Paul Krugman burn his house dow...So why doesn't Paul Krugman burn his house down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14615267989387137642011-09-01T20:01:01.296-04:002011-09-01T20:01:01.296-04:00More damage would increase govt. debt, also mean m...More damage would increase govt. debt, also mean more debt.<br />at the point of time the focus should be reducing national debt and make it health for future growth to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52796609021582052732011-08-29T16:39:35.034-04:002011-08-29T16:39:35.034-04:00You morons, Krugman is not rooting for a disaster....You morons, Krugman is not rooting for a disaster. What he has said, and clarified is that a disaster CAN be expansionary. Like WW II.<br /><br />That is a fact.<br /><br />He also pointed out that Katrina, for example was not.<br /><br />He is not rooting for a disaster, no matter how you morons spin it.<br /><br />Not anymore than a newscaster warning that cholera and typhoid can spread in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29366574573620620172011-08-29T11:32:05.431-04:002011-08-29T11:32:05.431-04:00Ah, yes, good for "the economy", bad for...Ah, yes, good for "the economy", bad for the individual. As with all good statists, Krugman thinks my fortunes or misfortunes are the possessions of the god of state, which it can direct at its divine pleasure.JellyBeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673411909521490201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24260772576083552812011-08-27T13:06:39.897-04:002011-08-27T13:06:39.897-04:00I wasn't had above because I pointed out that ...I wasn't had above because I pointed out that even if it wasn't real, he has made similar comments in the past. Why do you think this imposter worked? Because everyone who has followed krugman knows he actually believes this nonsense. It wasn't any different at all than when he said the earthquakes in japan were a good thing for the economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30091936357416489692011-08-26T08:58:01.055-04:002011-08-26T08:58:01.055-04:00You people are ridiculous. Everyone knows this is ...You people are ridiculous. Everyone knows this is a hoax by now, but obviously Krugman is not saying war or disaster is good, he understands the broken window fallacy.<br /><br />His point about WWII is that deficit spending on something truly worthless (manufacturing bombs and bullets which would literally be blown up) was able to revive employment and growth, and that income ultimately helped Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64504916355364270002011-08-25T21:40:23.756-04:002011-08-25T21:40:23.756-04:00@ JT - the irony is, this is exactly what Krugman ...@ JT - the irony is, this is exactly what Krugman would have said, but was beaten to the punch.<br /><br />As quoted in today's 5-Minute Forecast, Krugman has said:<br /><br /> After the Fukushima quake: “Yes, this does mean that the nuclear catastrophe could end up being expansionary, if not for Japan then at least for the world as a whole. If this sounds crazy, well, liquidity-trap leBolidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216003403343955612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90708197738594828982011-08-24T19:13:44.796-04:002011-08-24T19:13:44.796-04:00@Lila 6:12pm,
Well said.@Lila 6:12pm,<br /><br /> Well said.Larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58582313509405645952011-08-24T18:42:28.978-04:002011-08-24T18:42:28.978-04:00@ JT and Anon at 4:38 PM
That Krugman denies it n...@ JT and Anon at 4:38 PM<br /><br />That Krugman denies it now can mean several things. However, the comment (hoax or not) is so close in meaning to what the the good professor has said about WWII and the Japanese earthquake, that the point stands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36867343777508583942011-08-24T18:12:23.138-04:002011-08-24T18:12:23.138-04:00@ JT
How much fake stuff do you think the MSM has...@ JT<br /><br />How much fake stuff do you think the MSM has published with all their fact-checkers and teams of reporters and editors? <br /><br />Bob single-handedly puts out some of the most cutting-edge posts in the blogosphere. <br /><br />So he didn't catch on to one inconsequential fake quote. Big deal. Someone liberal probably did it to get revenge for that goofy picture.<br /><br />Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12207009529504959512011-08-24T16:39:45.009-04:002011-08-24T16:39:45.009-04:00This is a hoax. You are all a bunch of suckers wh...This is a hoax. You are all a bunch of suckers who hate "liberals" so much you'll attack a guy for saying something he didn't say. <br /><br />This is a new low for the Economic Policy Journal. You've become the amplifier for a bad hoax. Do your fact-checking, you hacks!!JThttp://www.jtrightpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91550634458903527122011-08-24T16:32:47.365-04:002011-08-24T16:32:47.365-04:00Krugman didn't say this. It was a hoax. You ...Krugman didn't say this. It was a hoax. You were all had. <br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/08/24/the_krugman_google_saga_or_why_fact_checking_is_important.html<br /><br />So quick to jump on someone for what they said, you didn't even bother to check whether he actually said it. Who's the hack journalist now, you clown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74057323297162350442011-08-24T16:21:53.202-04:002011-08-24T16:21:53.202-04:00Come on folks, You are not thinking. Try to follo...Come on folks, You are not thinking. Try to follow this: More destruction and suffering>civil unrest>law enforcement overwhelmed>martial law>UN treaty for small arms control (that Hillary has signed already) becomes law>goodby 2nd amendment. Then only bad guys have guns... Operation Fast and Furious failed to get them where they wanted, so of course he is wishing for a lot more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56837978860460946512011-08-24T13:09:07.703-04:002011-08-24T13:09:07.703-04:00Yes, having sound money would be crazy, but prayin...Yes, having sound money would be crazy, but praying for earthquakes makes perfect sense. How is it this guy gets on TV again?Louis Nardozihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682358523313353174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43672149570564293902011-08-24T12:52:52.322-04:002011-08-24T12:52:52.322-04:00The 2009 version of the Broken Window fallacy: &qu...The 2009 version of the Broken Window fallacy: "We have to spread the wealth around."Kevin Becknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6523509426679002432011-08-24T11:52:54.256-04:002011-08-24T11:52:54.256-04:00PK just wants to stay at the reditual limelights o...PK just wants to stay at the reditual limelights of academia -even so absurd his postkeynesian theories could be- and of international presss, deserving him enough publicity to travel around and keep attracting people to his guru-statements...<br /><br />Would please any first-class university award him an Honoris Causa for Anti-Humanism??<br /><br />Conrado A. Surber, engineer & economist<brconrado surberhttp://72.14.207.99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61844077369327566892011-08-24T11:41:10.128-04:002011-08-24T11:41:10.128-04:00Don't be so hasty. Imagine the benefit if a s...Don't be so hasty. Imagine the benefit if a stronger earthquake had hit Washington D.C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85249614871677997662011-08-24T10:25:55.375-04:002011-08-24T10:25:55.375-04:00Let's bomb Detroit and rebuild it...Oh Wait......Let's bomb Detroit and rebuild it...Oh Wait...Detroit was already destroyed by political terrorist's tax-n-law bombs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-23112564623921965482011-08-24T10:18:59.098-04:002011-08-24T10:18:59.098-04:00Even if this is a fraud, he has claimed in the pas...Even if this is a fraud, he has claimed in the past in the paper of choice for Soviet massacre coverups that the earthquakes in japan were a good thing because it would "boost the economy."<br /><br />This is literally what I learned on my first day of macroeconomics! I was lucky enough to have an austrian, but everyone immediately understood how stupid the theory was once it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-79826419079657812532011-08-24T10:14:54.598-04:002011-08-24T10:14:54.598-04:00Krugman (and others like him)really do believe tha...Krugman (and others like him)really do believe that government spending = economic growth, but the scariest part of this sort of thinking is that it is still being taught in universities across the country.<br />This man has totally discredited himself many times in the past and appears willing and able to continue to do so.Jackhttp://netshopmanager.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81050329013684714592011-08-24T10:07:48.289-04:002011-08-24T10:07:48.289-04:00Krugman claims he had no Google + account and it i...Krugman claims he had no Google + account and it is a fraud <br /><br />http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/identity-theft/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75018201729211697632011-08-24T10:06:13.214-04:002011-08-24T10:06:13.214-04:00So would someone explain to me again how the devas...So would someone explain to me again how the devastating earthquake in Haiti helped to boost their economy?RocketJoehttp://rocketjoe.smugmug.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25942800971706764182011-08-24T09:50:33.045-04:002011-08-24T09:50:33.045-04:00only better for economy if damage is not done to g...only better for economy if damage is not done to government property. otherwise cost of fixing will be 4x the needed cost and just another waste of taxpayer money and increase in debt of country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56882276961601266052011-08-24T09:11:53.888-04:002011-08-24T09:11:53.888-04:00hahahaahah. are america's top economists and p...hahahaahah. are america's top economists and politicians of such a calibre? no wonder your country's in a total mess right nowjia wennoreply@blogger.com