tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post2413105680892603642..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: Economists Are Trained to Ignore the Real WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-16834118782786017612009-12-22T09:10:03.026-08:002009-12-22T09:10:03.026-08:00Superlative work, GW. Thank you for your insightfu...Superlative work, GW. Thank you for your insightful analysis. You are an unsung hero of having economics serve humanity rather than a manipulated and controlled field to serve oligarchs.Carl Hermanhttp://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-26344054596931076912009-12-22T04:33:13.771-08:002009-12-22T04:33:13.771-08:00Jesse wrote:
"Our society on the whole does n...Jesse wrote:<br />"Our society on the whole does not value the truth as it had done before, but worships money and power and cleverness. That is both the long and short of it. We obtain the politicians and economists and news commentators that we encourage according to the character of the age".<br />Call the attitude of economists a sign of our time. Live with it until our society implodes.Troy Ouncehttp://troyounce.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-60587402358414914722009-12-21T21:40:25.539-08:002009-12-21T21:40:25.539-08:00"Economists Are Trained to Ignore the Real Wo..."Economists Are Trained to Ignore the Real World"<br /><br />Jct: Everyone is conditioned to believe that Inflation is Shift A, more money chasing the same goods when it's really Shift B, the same money chasing less goods after foreclosure. <br />As long as you don't realize that more foreclosure with higher interest rates means more Shift B inflation, you'll beleive them when they tell you that there's too much in a world where most people don't have any. <br />Economics doesnt' teach Shift B inflation so check it out at youtubeKing of the Paupershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374913605730692218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-11807184592619247302009-12-21T15:25:31.801-08:002009-12-21T15:25:31.801-08:00How we killed health care, and how we can bring it...How we killed health care, and how we can bring it back to life<br /><br />http://joshfulton.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-we-killed-health-care-and-how-we.htmlJoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873844615515659610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-37486686807739423442009-12-21T13:27:55.497-08:002009-12-21T13:27:55.497-08:00PS Of course his theories didn't fly so for t...PS Of course his theories didn't fly so for the rest of term he taught us how to programme in Pascal.<br /><br /> . . . which was really fin with me . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-79055925910863798612009-12-21T13:20:16.180-08:002009-12-21T13:20:16.180-08:00As a mature student in the '80's I went ba...As a mature student in the '80's I went back to grad school to get an MA in planning.<br /><br />Along with another mature student colleague we signed up for economics.<br /><br />The prof, a Berkley Ph.D, started the course with his "happiness" graph: "x" axis = happiness, "y" axis = money: you get the drift.<br /><br />His population control theory was "child credits": not unlike cap-and-trade. The rich pay to have the poor's kids. Ergo a world of only rich kids.<br /><br />We of course guffawed the crap out the door, procalining before the class, to much merriment . . .<br /><br />Hey we'll have a world over populated by shyster real estate speculators . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com