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* Here’s Bryan Caplan’s reply to Krugman and Drum. * An interesting analysis of a paper (on boundary layer clouds and the effect on global warming) that clearly went into the IPCC summary, and yet had key words changed to match with the spirit of the IPCC report. (HT2 Rob Bradley) * I have gotten […]

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* Scott Sumner calls for the Fed to create “the mother of all stock bubbles, permanently.” Sumner can be provocative, but this time he’s gone too far. * In a spooky post, Roger Koppl explains that we are all fascists now. * I don’t have time to read this right now, but Bob Roddis sends […]

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* I am going to be in Las Vegas for FreedomFest for a few days, so drop me an email if you will be too. * Doug French favorably reviews my new book. * Vasko Kohlmayer favorably reviews my new book. * Mercedes Rules asks me, in regard to the reports about Goldman Sachs’ trading […]

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In my weakened state, I can’t do full-blown blog analysis. I must opt for s list of links… * “Lilburne” kicks a horse on its deathbed, but to good effect. There are some juicy Krugman (and Keynes) quotes in here, on the whole issue of “Did Paul Krugman actually suggest that Greenspan deliberately engineer a […]

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* Scott Sumner busts Krugman’s hypocritical condemnation of the WSJ. * Seeing how fun it was for right-wingers to comb through Krugman’s work, Mark Thoma busts Greg Mankiw (HT2BDL). * Speaking of DeLong, he must not be all that bad–he made a MadMax reference in this post. * Continuing to speak of DeLong, what do […]

Krugman Digging Himself Deeper

Wow this is getting hilarious. A Krugman quote from 2002 has been flying around the Internet, in which he seemed to advocate that Greenspan replace the Nasdaq bubble with a housing bubble. Now Krugman outdoes himself and posts this (HT2 von Pepe): One of the funny aspects of being a somewhat, um, forceful writer is […]

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* Von Pepe sends me this 2002 Krugman piece (via Arnold Kling). The money quote: The basic point is that the recession of 2001 wasn’t a typical postwar slump, brought on when an inflation-fighting Fed raises interest rates and easily ended by a snapback in housing and consumer spending when the Fed brings rates back […]

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* Jérémie Rostan alerts us to this WSJ article discussing German Chancellor Merkel’s awesomeness: “I view with great skepticism the powers of the Fed, for example, and also how, within Europe, the Bank of England has carved out its own small line,” Ms. Merkel said in a speech in Berlin. “We must return together to […]