tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post1686427188440277984..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Pete Boettke asks if Keynesians still beat their wivesEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-18504776037018369392013-06-01T12:09:29.098-04:002013-06-01T12:09:29.098-04:00"The correct answer to "do you still bea..."The correct answer to "do you still beat your wife?" is to ignore the question."<br /><br />I think the correct answer is: "I have never hit my wife and the suggestion that I might do so is outrageous". (If you can't give that answer, you've got a problem.)<br /><br />The question is meant for the audience and, in my view you are better off using it as an opening to attack your opponent than leaving it to lie there and fester.Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-33627624204942411362013-06-01T09:03:04.606-04:002013-06-01T09:03:04.606-04:00Daniel Kuehn, I still believe you ought to have ci...Daniel Kuehn, I still believe you ought to have cited the following paper on Hayek and Keynes's differing treatments of uncertainty that was published in the <i>International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics</i>, but what's done is done.<br /><br />http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1751569<br /><br />That stated, why hasn't there been anything an extensive piece comparing and contrasting the thinking of Dr. Smith and Lord Keynes? If Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson (scholars knowledgable on Keynes and Smith respectively) can come to this agreement, why hasn't there been an extensive comparison and contrast?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kraBLXWrE2Y Blue Auroranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-11233980616127628692013-06-01T08:52:08.494-04:002013-06-01T08:52:08.494-04:00Well, I suppose that Keynesians do chase their wiv...Well, I suppose that Keynesians do chase their wives around, but only in a counter-cyclical direction.Minnoreply@blogger.com