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DeLong Smackdown on Landsburg (and Callahan)
Wow, if you thought we blogging economists were talking past each other in the Cantillon debate, DeLong’s response to Landsburg on this Thomas Nagel issue (about the ability of pure reason to give us knowledge about reality) will knock you on the ground. I don’t even know how to summarize it; it must be seen [...]
Read moreQuick Thoughts on “Pure Reason” vs. Empiricism
I am going to be brief, but there is still much confusion on this grand philosophical dispute, which started when Brad DeLong, as is his wont, said innocently enough about a renowned philosopher: “Thomas Nagel is not smarter than we are–in fact, he seems to me to be distinctly dumber than anybody who is running [...]
Read moreDeLong Plugs Chink in Krugman’s Armor on Treasury Crash
You may recall that Krugman recently argued that an attack by the “invisible bond vigilantes” (the opposite of the confidence fairy, for those keeping track) would actually be good for the US economy, because it would weaken the USD and thus boost Aggregate Demand. I pointed out the problem with in normal English here. But [...]
Read moreIf I Know Anything About the Blogging Structure of Keynesian Economists, Brad DeLong Invents 20% of His “Facts”
Every now and again I like to check in on Brad DeLong to see what trouble he’s getting himself into. Today he has a post entitled, “KARL ROVE AND COMPANY GOT $80 MILLION AND REPUBLICAN DONORS GOT?” DeLong writes: Memo to Republican billionaires: Rupert Murdoch is not your friend. John Roberts is not your friend. [...]
Read moreA Post on Debt Burdens for Professional Economists
OK I gather that most people are moving on with their lives, so I’d better make this post now on everyone’s favorite question, “Does the government’s debt impose a burden on our grandchildren?” In this post, I want to explain why, as of Friday October 12, and after Nick Rowe went head-to-head against Brad DeLong, [...]
Read moreQuick Clarification on the Great Debt Debate
My trip to NY has messed me up vis-a-vis my “day job” and so I can’t go nuts on the debt debate the way Nick Rowe is (here, here, here, and here). I hope later in the week to offer two more posts, one for the lay reader, and the other for professional economists. It [...]
Read morePotpourri
==> Joe Salerno replies to George Selgin regarding Krugman’s challenge to the Austrians on MMMF. I actually think both Joe and George are wrong: They both use the phrase “could care less” when, in context, it is clear that they meant “couldn’t care less.” (Joe uses it in the post, George in his second reply, [...]
Read moreDavid Frum Tells Us Exactly How Awful He Used to Be
UPDATE below. UPDATE #2 below. Listening to lectures about evil right-wingers from David Frum (passed on gleefully by Brad DeLong et al.) is like listening to Rush Limbaugh praise the virtues of marriage. Here he is, commenting on the Mitt Romney tapes: Romney has been reshaped by this campaign. The dread to which Romney gives [...]
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