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Trump will nominate former campaign adviser Stephen Moore to Federal Reserve

Anthony60 said:
I was just responding to the fact that Krugman, the hack of all hacks, called someone else a hack. That just jumped out at me.
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Krugman leans left and makes no secret of it. The difference between Krugman and Moore (who leans right and makes no secret of it) is that Krugman is a world renowned economist. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale and has a PhD in Economics from MIT. He has published almost 30 books (including textbooks being used in the best colleges in the world) and over 200 articles in professional journals. He is an expert in international economics, trade theory, international finance, economic geography, liquidity traps, and currency crises. He has been a professor of Economics at MIT, Princeton and the London School of Economics.

Moore graduated with a BA from the University of Illinois and has an MA from George Mason. He has never been an economist. He went right into political activism.

Krugman is right. When it comes to Economics, Moore is a hack.
 
roughdraft274 said:
You called him an economist. He's not an economist. I gave my kid some medicine the other day. It doesn't make me a doctor. Words have meanings. It's easier to just admit you got it wrong and move on.
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How about if I just say I couldn't care less it he does or doesn't meet your definition of "economist"?
 
Bullseye said:
How about if I just say I couldn't care less it he does or doesn't meet your definition of "economist"?
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You could do that. There's absolutely no reason you need to care. You're free to be as wrong as you'd like and to never admit to it.
 
Bullseye said:
How about if I just say I couldn't care less it he does or doesn't meet your definition of "economist"?
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He doesn't meet anyone's definition of an Economist. That's because he isn't an Economist. He's a Economics Commentator. He is not a practitioner.

That's like saying Sean Hannity is a politician because he's a Political Commentator.
 
tres borrachos said:
Krugman leans left and makes no secret of it. The difference between Krugman and Moore (who leans right and makes no secret of it) is that Krugman is a world renowned economist. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale and has a PhD in Economics from MIT. He has published almost 30 books (including textbooks being used in the best colleges in the world) and over 200 articles in professional journals. He is an expert in international economics, trade theory, international finance, economic geography, liquidity traps, and currency crises. He has been a professor of Economics at MIT, Princeton and the London School of Economics.

Moore graduated with a BA from the University of Illinois and has an MA from George Mason. He has never been an economist. He went right into political activism.

Krugman is right. When it comes to Economics, Moore is a hack.
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LOL, "world renown". That's a good one. Who cares what his pile of leftist crap adds up to? I have no respect for him, he's the last guy I would listen to for economic advise. He's a left wing hack first, economist second. No thanks. Get me a real economist. Milton Friedman, he's not.
 
tres borrachos said:
He doesn't meet anyone's definition of an Economist. That's because he isn't an Economist. He's a Economics Commentator. He is not a practitioner.

That's like saying Sean Hannity is a politician because he's a Political Commentator.
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Don't care. Think I covered that already.
 
Anthony60 said:
LOL, "world renown". That's a good one. Who cares what his pile of leftist crap adds up to? I have no respect for him, he's the last guy I would listen to for economic advise. He's a left wing hack first, economist second. No thanks. Get me a real economist. Milton Friedman, he's not.
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That's good. Show your hate and ignore facts.

Why admit that he's a renowned Economist when you can be a partisan hack?
 
Anthony60 said:
I was just responding to the fact that Krugman, the hack of all hacks, called someone else a hack. That just jumped out at me.
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It jumps out at a lot of normal folks to be a joke. The fact that Paul Krugman calls himself an economist is a facade because he really is a political hack for a progressive future for the US.
 
Anthony60 said:
So, Krugman is a hack... I haven't commented on Moore because I don't know him that well. Don't take offense, but you saying that he is a hack and not qualified means absolutely nothing, more likely he's good and you don't want someone doing well that Trump appointed.
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No, disagreeing with right wingers isn't the same thing as a "hack." If he is, then IMO every conservative economist is a "hack" because they often prefer different policies than I do. Of course that's not true - people of good will and informed by the facts can disagree in good faith. You're not willing to give Krugman credit for being what he is - a Nobel prize winning economist who makes good faith arguments, but is a liberal.

I don't like Moore because he lies - I've demonstrated that - and when he's not lying, he's making bad faith arguments in support of GOP political positions. I don't respect him as an economist because he plays a right wing partisan hack on TV - that is his job. It's embarrassing that POTUS just hires whoever shows up on Fox and says things he likes. He's like an 8 year old who thinks the experts are who play them on TV.

Let's face it, if Trump nominated Krugman, he would be a hackish buffoon, in your eyes, too. Look how quickly you folks have turned on Mueller
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It's not nice to lie about my position. I have no idea who "you folks" are but if you want to claim I've turned on Mueller, have the courtesy to quote me.
 
Anthony60 said:
No, he's a hack because what he says is guided by leftist's policies, not pure economics. He is good with high taxes, big government intervention in everything, not because it makes economic sense, but because it fits with the left wing agenda.
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If you'd like to quote him taking positions contrary to sound economics, be my guest. I've not seen it and I read him fairly often.

Tax levels aren't "pure economics" - they are policy preferences. It's legitimate to prefer smaller government and less spending, and also legitimate to prefer higher taxes and more spending. People of good will and making honest arguments can hold either position. Calling someone a hack because they disagree with YOUR position just isn't intellectually honest.
 
JasperL said:
If you'd like to quote him taking positions contrary to sound economics, be my guest. I've not seen it and I read him fairly often.

Tax levels aren't "pure economics" - they are policy preferences. It's legitimate to prefer smaller government and less spending, and also legitimate to prefer higher taxes and more spending. People of good will and making honest arguments can hold either position. Calling someone a hack because they disagree with YOUR position just isn't intellectually honest.
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Yeah, we have a Constitution that is intended to limit government, that's what I agree with. So, it's not just me that is against a government that is into everything and taxes the living crap out of the citizenry. It's literally the foundations of this country that he disagrees with, along with those supporting the leftist agenda.
 
Anthony60 said:
Yeah, we have a Constitution that is intended to limit government, that's what I agree with. So, it's not just me that is against a government that is into everything and taxes the living crap out of the citizenry. It's literally the foundations of this country that he disagrees with, along with those supporting the leftist agenda.
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Yeah, we know you don't like liberals. Sad story.
 
Anthony60 said:
Why admit that he's a renowned Economist when he is a partisan hack?
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I get that you just want to make stupid posts. So let me dumb this down for you.

You can be a partisan hack and still have a career. Your denial of the fact that Krugman is a world renowned Economist is just stemming from your ignorant partisanship.

One can be the world's best cancer researcher, and still be a partisan. One can be the world's fastest runner, and still be a partisan. One can be the world's best fiction writer, and still be a partisan. Krugman is one of the most known Economists in the world. He has a resume that no other Economist can touch. He has been published probably more than any Economist alive today. The fact that he has left leaning views in no way changes his knowledge of Economics.

It's fair to disagree with his political views, and even his application of his vast knowledge of Economics, which is a social science, and therefore is open to interpretation. But to pretend he isn't one of the world's most renowned Economist because you don't like his views is nothing but childish and churlish partisan hackery.
 
tres borrachos said:
I get that you just want to make stupid posts. So let me dumb this down for you.

You can be a partisan hack and still have a career. Your denial of the fact that Krugman is a world renowned Economist is just stemming from your ignorant partisanship.

One can be the world's best cancer researcher, and still be a partisan. One can be the world's fastest runner, and still be a partisan. One can be the world's best fiction writer, and still be a partisan. Krugman is one of the most known Economists in the world. He has a resume that no other Economist can touch. He has been published probably more than any Economist alive today. The fact that he has left leaning views in no way changes his knowledge of Economics.

It's fair to disagree with his political views, and even his application of his vast knowledge of Economics, which is a social science, and therefore is open to interpretation. But to pretend he isn't one of the world's most renowned Economist because you don't like his views is nothing but childish and churlish partisan hackery.
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It's just absolutely hilarious to see you putting this buffoon up on a pedestal to worship as one of the great economists in the world. He sits there and criticizes tax cuts and lack of government spending, and is wrong way to often. Mostly because his opinions are rooted in his faulty leftist beliefs. Not impressive.
 
JasperL said:
Yeah, we know you don't like liberals. Sad story.
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Wrong again. I have plenty of liberals that I like. My wife used to be one.
Interesting that you got that from me saying I support the Constitution and limited government. Those things are in conflict with liberal beliefs.
 
Anthony60 said:
Wrong again. I have plenty of liberals that I like. My wife used to be one.
Interesting that you got that from me saying I support the Constitution and limited government. Those things are in conflict with liberal beliefs.
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You said much more than that: "So, it's not just me that is against a government that is into everything and taxes the living crap out of the citizenry. It's literally the foundations of this country that he disagrees with, along with those supporting the leftist agenda."

What you support is smaller government, which is fine. What's not is accusing people who support bigger government as somehow un-American and illegitimate. Our country was founded in a different era, when, for example, healthcare as we know it didn't exist, we didn't have a need for and didn't have a standing army that consumed $800 billion/year and we couldn't even think about things like EBT or Medicaid because we were relatively poor as a country. So who knows what the 'founders' would think in this era? We don't have a clue.
 
ecofarm said:
You shake that pom pom a lot. Is that how you get through most discussions and debates? You think putting that mindless orc crap at the end makes a difference?
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Hey, make some sense please.
 
Anthony60 said:
It's just absolutely hilarious to see you putting this buffoon up on a pedestal to worship as one of the great economists in the world. He sits there and criticizes tax cuts and lack of government spending, and is wrong way to often. Mostly because his opinions are rooted in his faulty leftist beliefs. Not impressive.
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Buffoon? Yes, Moore and Trump are buffoons. No question.

So are people who don't know what an Economist is. Those people also tend to suffer from Trump Devotion Syndrome, making them incapable of adult and honest thinking. Such a sad disease.
 
tres borrachos said:
Buffoon? Yes, Moore and Trump are buffoons. No question.

So are people who don't know what an Economist is. Those people also tend to suffer from Trump Devotion Syndrome, making them incapable of adult and honest thinking. Such a sad disease.
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Listen, you are the last person on this site that should be talking about anyone’s derangement syndrome. Just saying. But, we are pulling for you. There’s always hope.


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ecofarm said:
Who's got the ball?
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Looks like you have your own fake news going, as you are falsely quoting me. That’s the leftist way... misinformation. Thanks for solidifying my point even more.


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Anthony60 said:
Listen, you are the last person on this site that should be talking about anyone’s derangement syndrome. Just saying. But, we are pulling for you. There’s always hope.


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I don't suffer from Trump Devotion Syndrome. I'm too smart for that. I leave that up to the suckers.
 
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