ProfessorPlum
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Tue May-06-08 03:01 PM
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Menendez: Thank God Economists Don't Make Public Policy |
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Yeah, those wacky economists.
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lumberjack_jeff
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Tue May-06-08 03:09 PM
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1. So how did the economists do with their utopian experiments in Chile? |
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How did that work out?
Those who think Menendez is wrong ought to reread the shock doctrine.
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ProfessorPlum
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Tue May-06-08 03:17 PM
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I've read the Shock Doctrine. Not all economists are from the Chicago School.
You'd think that wouldn't need to be said.
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Tue May-06-08 03:28 PM
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5. A bigger ?HUH? is now in play to the original post - lumberjack_jeff :) |
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Edited on Tue May-06-08 03:29 PM by raystorm7
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ProfessorPlum
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Tue May-06-08 03:33 PM
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6. Because all economists are from the Chicago school? |
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Does that mean there are no Keynesians? Are they just imaginary?
Or do you think that there are no economists involved in setting policies, such as monetary policy?
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Tue May-06-08 05:01 PM
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10. All economists live in the abstract. |
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We have policy makers to balance academic theory with public realities.
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Tue May-06-08 05:22 PM
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12. Myes like Bush vs Climate Scientists Myessssssss |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton -2 Reality 10
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lumberjack_jeff
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Tue May-06-08 07:02 PM
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15. Riiight. Just. Like. That. |
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Tue May-06-08 03:17 PM
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I'm sure Hillary is having such a tough time pinching those 10.9 TRILLION pennies (the $109 million in income). Whoops, make that 10.4 trillion pennies, as she did such a poor job pinching the pennies on her political campaign, she had to loan 500 million pennies to a campaign that proves she doesn't know how to manage money.
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Tue May-06-08 03:18 PM
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Now that you have enough posts to start your own thread, please drink responsibly.
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Tue May-06-08 04:00 PM
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Tue May-06-08 03:54 PM
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7. I always thought Menendez was smarter than that. |
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Edited on Tue May-06-08 03:54 PM by mlevans
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Tue May-06-08 05:07 PM
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He seems unwilling to get off the deck of the Titanic and into a waiting seat in a lifeboat.
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Tue May-06-08 06:50 PM
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Tue May-06-08 04:29 PM
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9. Just when you thought our leaders could not be any dumber. |
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Tue May-06-08 06:02 PM
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13. Q: Can you name one economist who is in favor of this? |
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A: Thank God Economists don't make public policy.
Natural response is: So no then. You can't name one economist who is in favor of this.
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