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Re: The Assertion of Absurdity (none / 1)

Yes, he said in the long run we're all dead.

To err is of course human. But to mess things up spectacularly, we need an elite — Yanis Varoufakis

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 3rd, 2011 at 05:05:39 AM EST
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Re: The Assertion of Absurdity (none / 0)

Which was more a flippant dismissal of the question than a real answer. But then Keynes did not have children.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Nov 3rd, 2011 at 08:42:47 AM EST
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Re: The Assertion of Absurdity (4.00 / 2)

The expression was flippant, but the answer was quite serious: the neoclassical long run is incompatible with life as we live it, so inside the neoclassical long run, we are all dead.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Thu Nov 3rd, 2011 at 10:24:43 AM EST
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