Tag Archives: Keynesianism

Consumerman

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Last night my wife and I were watching TV and I was scrolling through the on-screen guide, reading some of the movie titles. At one point I said “Superman 3″. She misheard me, and thus a few seconds later was … Continue reading →

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New Jersey Senate Voting To Increase Unemployment

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

I realize this could become a full-time job, but I feel compelled to correct instances of Newspeak when I see them. The New Jersey Senate is voting today on whether to raise the minimum wage or not. In response to … Continue reading →

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Fareed Zakaria: Shutup and Go Read Rothbard

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

As I predicted, Fareed Zakaria is back at CNN, after only a few day suspension for plagiarism back in August, spouting Keynesian nonsense. In this video he talks about “hidden subsidies in the tax code”, then references David Wessel’s book … Continue reading →

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Keynesian Aggregates

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

I had to repost this zinger from William Anderson’s Krugman-in-Wonderland blog. Full post here. (Krugman is a Keynesian, and Keynesians really don’t worry about price controls since everyone knows that prices really don’t matter, except when they can be put … Continue reading →

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Matthew Yglesias Needs To Start Reading Rothbard

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

Slate contributor Matthew Yglesias opines that “Ben Bernanke Needs To Stop Hanging Out With Pro Athletes”, a reference to Bernanke visiting the Washington Nationals and Jason Werth trying to talk to him about QE3. It’s a sneaky way to get … Continue reading →

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Update: Krugman the Banking Historian

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Update: Mark Thornton, Joe Salerno, and Peter Klein take down Krugman here, here, and here, much better than I did. On Sunday in Paul Krugman’s blogs he references a blog post by Brad DeLong about Paul Ryan’s response to QE3 … Continue reading →

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