tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post6542421775163423546..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: How does Steve Horwitz know that monetary and fiscal stimulus failed?Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-7471112006444449702011-08-11T14:59:40.893-04:002011-08-11T14:59:40.893-04:00You may also be interested in this blog post I wro...You may also be interested in this blog post I wrote on the subject: http://plan.economicliberty.net/2011/08/judging-effects-of-policy.htmllibertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536738364886220074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-56850383924546861022011-08-09T07:32:10.619-04:002011-08-09T07:32:10.619-04:00"I have never understood the appeal of this a..."I have never understood the appeal of this argument at all."<br /><br />It often appeals to those who are responding to people who tout Romer and Bernstein's analysis as evidence that the stimulus worked. You know, the one where they re-ran their models and used a new counter-factual, and claim that the stimulus prevented a worse dip.libertyhttp://economicliberty.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-19413532973537243042011-08-07T11:42:42.227-04:002011-08-07T11:42:42.227-04:00I've found another overconfident guy, Daniel, ...I've found another overconfident guy, Daniel, who just last week declared:<br /><br /><i>"[W]e already know what isn’t working: the economic policy of the past two years — and the millions of Americans who should have jobs, but don’t."</i> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/opinion/the-wrong-worries.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" rel="nofollow">Source.</a><br /><br />(I know what you will say, chill out, that's still funny.)Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com