tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post114663163668183000..comments2023-10-31T03:18:26.963-07:00Comments on Great Guys Weblog: The End is NearBrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1146795583848030312006-05-04T19:19:00.000-07:002006-05-04T19:19:00.000-07:00Sure, Krugman fits in with Ward Churchill, Noam Ch...Sure, Krugman fits in with Ward Churchill, Noam Chomsky, and Harold Pinter, but I think of the latter three as mentally ill and/or con artists, not academicians.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you're right, and Krugman <I><B>is</I></B> representative of academia, but I'd like to think that while Ivory Tower types might be misguided, out of touch, delusional, or simply wrong, they wouldn't routinely put forth arguments that they <B>know</B> to be completely false, as Krugman does.Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1146792894987742642006-05-04T18:34:00.000-07:002006-05-04T18:34:00.000-07:00Bret:Oroborous beat me to it. You failed to use s...Bret:<BR/><BR/>Oroborous beat me to it. You failed to use scare quotes where they were clearly called for.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1146763503990193982006-05-04T10:25:00.000-07:002006-05-04T10:25:00.000-07:00Oroborous wrote: "Please don't refer to Paul Krugm...Oroborous wrote: "<I>Please don't refer to Paul Krugman as an "economist".</I>"<BR/><BR/>Sorry, my mistake. :-)<BR/><BR/>Oroborous also wrote: "<I>he's a liar who has betrayed the spirit and ethics of the academic environment whence he came.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Has he? I thought he was quite a good representative of ivory tower delusions and methods. When I think of academic environment I think of Politcal Correctness, Michael Bellesiles, Ward Churchill, Noam Chomsky, Larry Summers being forced out, Harvard divestiture of Israel, etc. Seems like Krugman's attitudes and methods fit right in. No?Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1146680105137937392006-05-03T11:15:00.000-07:002006-05-03T11:15:00.000-07:00I think that you're right, the NYTimes has probabl...I think that you're right, the <I>NYTimes</I> has probably called the near-top of this phase of the boom, simply by finally recognizing it.<BR/><BR/>The housing sector will stop supporting economic growth this year, and the Fed won't cut rates to start it up again.<BR/><BR/>My guess for 4th Q growth: 2% annual.<BR/><BR/>Please don't refer to Paul Krugman as an "economist".<BR/>While it is true that he <I>used</I> to be one, it couldn't be proved by his columns.<BR/><BR/>Further, since he used to be an economist, he <I><B>must</I></B> know that some of what he writes is counterfactual or representative of an unlikely scenario.<BR/>He is knowingly attempting to mislead - in other words, he's a liar who has betrayed the spirit and ethics of the academic environment whence he came.Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.com