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American People Don’t Know Basic Economics Because Economists Have Misled Them

[UPDATE: As Keshav and David pointed out in the comments, I made a bonehead mistake in the original draft of this post, which ironically strengthens my underlying point rather than hurting it. I’ve corrected the mistake below, and in a follow-up post I’ll deal with this issue more directly.] Steve Landsburg recently wrote a post […]

The “Best” of Gruber In One Short Video

I’ve already shown the first and third clips on this blog (separately), but the middle one is new to Free Advice. BTW, Steve Landsburg is cool with Gruber’s handling of the Cadillac tax stuff. I am collecting my thoughts before officially responding, but let’s just say I’m much more receptive to Jim Bovard’s take.

Fox News Compilation of Democrats Praising Gruber

Yes it’s from Fox but the footage speaks for itself… Post by Fox News.

More Commentary On Gruber

I realize I am biased since I can’t stand his monetary policy views, but does anyone else find these remarks from Scott Sumner a bit…unsettling? There are degrees of dishonesty. When I say I support policy X, I actually do support that policy. I could pass a lie detector test. But when I first started […]

Gruber Is Exactly What I Was Imagining

Remember in my latest video where I pretend to be a sharp economist advising the elites on how to bamboozle the American public while ramming through their unpopular agenda? With that in mind, watch the opening 20 seconds of this, then skip ahead and let it play from 3:05 onward. (HT2 Glen Whitman) Speaking of […]

Nancy Pelosi: “Gruber Who?”

This is hilarious.

Cowen the Merciful

His take on Grubergate: I’m not so interested in pushing through the mud on this one. It’s a healthy world where academics can speak their minds at conferences and the like without their words becoming political weapons in a bigger fight…If anything, I feel sorry for Gruber that he has subsequently felt the need to […]

MSNBC Drives Up Price of Softballs With Interview of Jonathan Gruber on “Stupidity” Remark

I’m sure if Arthur Laffer or Stephen Moore got caught on video saying American voters were stupid, that MSNBC would have an interview saying, “Your position is nuanced though right?” Check this out, it’s astonishing how in-the-tank for Obama some of our outlets are. Yes, Fox hates Obama, but the love from MSNBC is just […]