Comments on: Nobel Laureate Economist latest victim of partisan politics

By: TB

TB — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:55:55 +0000

I looked at some of his ideas. Mostly along the lines of more “stimulus.” A lot of people, including Krugman (another Nobel winner), think we just haven’t printed up enough trillions and passed them around to the politically-connected.

Kind of like my idea of ending unemployment by government funding the construction of an Egyptian pyramid in every county in the U.S.

There are things that would work, but there is no political power to be had in them. So, they’re D.O.A. in Washington. Even Republicans can’t get past the idea of “how should government create jobs?”

By: Eri

Eri — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:53:36 +0000

What makes you think this guy would create any real jobs? And exactly how? I have a pretty good idea how Milton Friedman would have gone about it.

I guess we’ll never know because he was never given a chance,

By: mcfly

mcfly — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:43:50 +0000

Eri, how dare you confront our conservative friends with something they would consider a “bad fact!”

It’s ok though…as we can see, they’re in a “two wrongs make a right” mood…

By: TB

TB — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:41:15 +0000

Near the end of his term, the Democrats were sitting on something like 200 of Bush’s appointees. The article mentions one of them. Where was your problem with “partisan politics” then? Or is it only “partisan” when the other guy does it?

What makes you think this guy would create any real jobs? And exactly how? I have a pretty good idea how Milton Friedman would have gone about it.