tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post7511544509245291890..comments2024-03-28T03:16:14.104-04:00Comments on Noahpinion: On grumpy grandparentsNoah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-5362847022791167512012-05-29T23:38:41.649-04:002012-05-29T23:38:41.649-04:00Thanks for rebutting the bit about the dot-com bub...Thanks for rebutting the bit about the dot-com bubble being the only fuel of the steady economic growth that underlined the 90s...also found that a bit suspect...revisionist even?Chris Schetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521679888965159859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-35529564157684110642012-05-27T18:30:31.894-04:002012-05-27T18:30:31.894-04:00"Mankiw turned off the comments section only ..."Mankiw turned off the comments section only a few days after one commenter caught him dead to rights telling a whopper and misquoting published research. Coincidence?"<br /><br />I never knew there was ever a time you could comment on Mankiw's "blog". Weird!ChargerCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12273242389934305333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-20123931194922677242012-05-27T16:42:45.221-04:002012-05-27T16:42:45.221-04:00The funny thing is that our modern ideologues are ...The funny thing is that our modern ideologues are so similar to their Soviet counterparts. Mankiw is one of many aparatchki gibbering state approved nonsense in exchange for a cushy state approved posting. As PT Barnum or someone put it, "No one ever went broke ignoring the Wall Street Journal editorial page."<br /><br />P.S. Whenever an economist goes on about people trying to advance their own economic self interest, I have to laugh. Haven't they ever heard of Republicans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-47889811602308811392012-05-27T11:44:26.071-04:002012-05-27T11:44:26.071-04:00THAT counts as an ad hominem? I mean, sure, I gues...THAT counts as an ad hominem? I mean, sure, I guess by the strictest definition of the term. But Thiessen's defense of torture is the lede on his Wikipedia entry, ferchrissakes. He is LITERALLY principally famous for mounting a spirited defense of torture.Jolly Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631364433925344569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-36823912410133296052012-05-27T10:26:26.891-04:002012-05-27T10:26:26.891-04:00Look at the Schumpeter, Minsky, Godley tradition a...Look at the Schumpeter, Minsky, Godley tradition and you will find it is built around the centrality of balance sheet linkages across economies and between them. You'll have to toss ISLM and DSGE assumptions and most of what has happened in well funded economics departments since Saumelson.john newmanhttp://www.lnarchitecture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-19310911590469003862012-05-26T20:10:50.192-04:002012-05-26T20:10:50.192-04:00Dang it, hacked again.
Oh well, at least you didn...Dang it, hacked again.<br /><br />Oh well, at least you didn't manage to steal the naked pictures I sexted to Scott Sumner...Noah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-20256090684096663082012-05-26T20:03:35.960-04:002012-05-26T20:03:35.960-04:00I have to wonder why people earning less than $250...I have to wonder why people earning less than $250,000 annually are not more worried about the rich raising their taxes, which is much more likely -- the irony...McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-36002386087569646652012-05-26T18:15:42.956-04:002012-05-26T18:15:42.956-04:00Pssht. Like Noah would use a Blackberry.Pssht. Like Noah would use a Blackberry.rosebriarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229537505859471832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-64530110945945455272012-05-26T16:52:45.202-04:002012-05-26T16:52:45.202-04:00Thanks a lot! I'm not sure if adding seemingly...Thanks a lot! I'm not sure if adding seemingly ad hoc exogenous shocks to asset prices is all that insightful... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-73434812257600076612012-05-26T16:47:08.422-04:002012-05-26T16:47:08.422-04:00No coincidence - Mankiw is clearly just a propagan...No coincidence - Mankiw is clearly just a propagandist for the Republican Party and in addition, his constant references to Harvard tells me that he puts an awful lot of stock in his position and has an incredibly large ego which he does not like to see shattered. <br />The fact that the economics profession continues to take this guy seriously is to its discredit. I guess he's done good research - I don't see why what he says in academic papers should be kept separate to what he says in real life.CBBBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-22352367834238717072012-05-26T16:02:02.290-04:002012-05-26T16:02:02.290-04:00Mankiw turned off the comments section only a few ...Mankiw turned off the comments section only a few days after one commenter caught him dead to rights telling a whopper and misquoting published research. Coincidence?2slugbaitsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-76702856501757551072012-05-26T15:54:05.044-04:002012-05-26T15:54:05.044-04:00Hacked from Noah's Blackberry:
....Noah: But P...Hacked from Noah's Blackberry:<br />....Noah: But Professor Krugman, should I really lead with an ad hominem?<br /><br />PKrug: Yes, Noah. This stuff is IMPORTANT. This MATTERS. This is not a game! Use the ad hominem!<br /><br />Quoth:<br />..."Thiessen, a Republican operative who is most famous for mounting a spirited defense of government torture"<br /><br />;-)kebkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-41043824244749878712012-05-26T13:53:26.798-04:002012-05-26T13:53:26.798-04:00Sure, just google "asset price shocks". ...Sure, just google "asset price shocks". Example:<br />http://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap22i.pdfNoah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-18957061392922676192012-05-26T13:50:38.847-04:002012-05-26T13:50:38.847-04:00Noah, do you know of any modern macro models where...Noah, do you know of any modern macro models where asset prices do cause changes in the real economy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-62854573959417186542012-05-26T13:20:52.062-04:002012-05-26T13:20:52.062-04:00Mankiw is a terrible partisan hack. Frankly I don...Mankiw is a terrible partisan hack. Frankly I don't see the point of his "blog" - he sits there posting hackish commentary and then doesn't allow any comments to challenge him. Most of his posts are just links to someone trying to score points for the Republicans. Once in a while he'll have a post where he reminds everyone that he teaches at Haaaavarrrd.<br />It's all pretty sad.CBBBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-72844033937168299772012-05-26T12:25:54.655-04:002012-05-26T12:25:54.655-04:00Noah: "So to Greg I say: Just because Democr...Noah: "So to Greg I say: Just because Democrats want to tax the rich doesn't mean that everything they do is a mistake and every Democratic administration is a failure. "<br /><br />You're implying that taxing the right - in fact, taxing them until a significant number die from apoplexy - is not a postively good thing.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-68785122633686861272012-05-26T11:23:38.186-04:002012-05-26T11:23:38.186-04:00Economics is like religion. The more I read econ b...Economics is like religion. The more I read econ blogs, the less I take economists seriously. All magic, all BS, all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-37322795185065138272012-05-26T08:28:51.018-04:002012-05-26T08:28:51.018-04:00"perhaps the pre-eminent business cycle theor..."perhaps the pre-eminent business cycle theorist of our time"<br /><br />This is embarrassing for all involved, I suggest you change it. Nobody thinks that (not even close).Danger Zonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-45408443509686494502012-05-26T08:01:46.532-04:002012-05-26T08:01:46.532-04:00From the Department of Apples and Oranges, Mankiw ...From the Department of Apples and Oranges, Mankiw Edition: "(By the way, as I recall, President Bush did not spend as much time blaming his predecessor for bequeathing him a sick economy as President Obama has.)"<br /><br />Like grand-advisor doesn't know the real score here.Michael Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713921931911369458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-54634461363004619642012-05-26T04:43:05.651-04:002012-05-26T04:43:05.651-04:00what did obama have to do with the companies that ...what did obama have to do with the companies that have received loans or loan guarantees? did he personally select them?rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-75668445529834611572012-05-26T04:11:57.620-04:002012-05-26T04:11:57.620-04:00Too late Noah. Don't waste your breath. He'...Too late Noah. Don't waste your breath. He's already hitched to the wagon. Soul sold, no refund.Alphonsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441923856941011283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-13517216237216538912012-05-25T22:49:34.886-04:002012-05-25T22:49:34.886-04:00When I started reading econ blogs, the first I rea...When I started reading econ blogs, the first I read was Mankiw's. I hoped to learn something from a notable economist. Sadly, lately it becomes more partisan and unbalanced.Johanesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-6717727986375796122012-05-25T20:43:44.677-04:002012-05-25T20:43:44.677-04:00Just because Democrats want to tax the rich doesn&...<i>Just because Democrats want to tax the rich doesn't mean that everything they do is a mistake and every Democratic administration is a failure. </i><br /><br />Mankiw is advising for Romney's campaign.dwbnoreply@blogger.com