Staring at the abiss with Paul Krugman | 235 comments (235 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Give it another Friedman. The hyperbole tends to become the reality.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:14:37 PM EST
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Oh yes, a friedman. Now that is instilling confidence.

According to the conventional wisdom of this blog, the euro would have ceased to exist around January first of this year.

by IM on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:22:45 PM EST
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Where's that conventional wisdom come from? I must have missed the vote.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:24:19 PM EST
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Re: Staring at the abiss with Paul Krugman (none / 0)

Oh like conventional wisdom in the greater world, cv is not subject to a vote. That wouldn't be seriuos.

by IM on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:26:30 PM EST
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Or perhaps it's not conventional wisdom, rather just made-up.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:28:56 PM EST
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Get a grip. Do you really want do deny hyperbolic predictions of the end of the euro on this blog prior to christmas?

by IM on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:34:06 PM EST
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I don't know if anybody has made such predictions or not. I'm questioning your assertion that it's conventional wisdom. You could at least cite a few examples.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:40:10 PM EST
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Re: Staring at the abiss with Paul Krugman (none / 0)

Why? Waste of time. Didn't you read the blog in december or did all of this get down the memory hole?

by IM on Sat Mar 17th, 2012 at 12:46:27 PM EST
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