tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post2527276729223214763..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: There's something about Krugman...Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-85689734471960702932010-09-29T14:07:47.717-04:002010-09-29T14:07:47.717-04:00My point is that why person is controversial or is...My point is that why person is controversial or is of interest is ultimately a mystery.<br /><br />Why is Milton Friedman controversial for the left, instead of, Coase?Xenophonhttp://myob.myob.myob.myob.myob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-75186230002427795872010-09-29T13:18:17.141-04:002010-09-29T13:18:17.141-04:00That was probably phrased too weakly... this is be...That was probably phrased too weakly... this is better:<br /><br />"If you insist on making comparisons like that then you should furnish a statement from Krugman to illustrate your point".dkuehnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136690886858186981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-51973865696811789562010-09-29T13:17:20.307-04:002010-09-29T13:17:20.307-04:00Xenophon - are they comparable? It seems to me th...Xenophon - are they comparable? It seems to me that Coulter invites it more, but I could be biased.<br /><br />Could you furnish a Krugman statement that invites controversy the way that Coulter's "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much" comment about 9-11 widows did.<br /><br />That's just one, single, recent example.<br /><br />What has Krugman said...? So once he said something about "traitor to the Earth" right? He said something to the effect that Hayek thought a long period of unemployment was necessary (Hayek himself used the word "slow" to describe the readjustment process, if I'm not mistaken). Is there anything else? Please Xenophon - give me a break.<br /><br />If you want to draw Ann Coulter analogies on the left, mention Michael Moore (who, let the record show, I've never raised a finger to defend on here).dkuehnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136690886858186981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-25273769465344329272010-09-29T13:10:25.291-04:002010-09-29T13:10:25.291-04:00You might as well as ask why Ann Coulter is a magn...You might as well as ask why Ann Coulter is a magnet for controversy.Xenophonhttp://myob.myob.myob.myob.myob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-49583500407338483332010-09-29T11:35:53.195-04:002010-09-29T11:35:53.195-04:00sandre - he has a long, long record of what he thi...sandre - he has a long, long record of what he thinks on the bailouts. I encourage you to look into it.<br /><br />I've always said he's a partisan guy. What I dispute is that it has substantially come at the expense of good economics, or that he's earned the mountain of criticism that people with nothing better to do heap on him. He is a fine economist. He's always had his political views, and since getting a NY Times column they've had an outlet. So? So he has an opinion - who cares? Are people who do positive science not allowed to have normative positions on what that positive science implies?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-32277696255164530612010-09-29T11:30:59.748-04:002010-09-29T11:30:59.748-04:00bailouts has the natural tendency towards greater ...bailouts has the natural tendency towards greater firm size. Has Krugman ever admitted as much?<br /><br /><i>Krugman is like catnip to some people, and I simply don't understand why. </i><br /><br />That's a reflection on your biases than anything else.<br /><br />I found this from William Greider's wikipedia page -<br /><br /><i>In his latest, Come Home, America (2009), Greider claims that Krugman has changed his views over the last decade to move closer to Greider's.</i><br /><br />I'm sure Greider is right. Krugman has gone from an economist to an extreme left wing ideologue. The reason why you can't see to fathom this says more about your biases.sandrehttp://www.independent.orgnoreply@blogger.com