Comments on: Nobel Memo to America: Turn Away from the Far Right http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:35:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hosemore http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681923 hosemore Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:56:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681923 <p>I’m really happy to see the author point out that the great depression had two very different outcomes in the United States and Europe. I often point this out to friends when discussing the economic crisis. Most of them haven’t made the connection in their minds.</p> <p>Where is our FDR now?</p> I’m really happy to see the author point out that the great depression had two very different outcomes in the United States and Europe. I often point this out to friends when discussing the economic crisis. Most of them haven’t made the connection in their minds.

Where is our FDR now?

]]> By: timbo http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681864 timbo Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:27:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681864 <p>Good Lord, grok has arrived here too? Who’d have thunk it?!</p> Good Lord, grok has arrived here too? Who’d have thunk it?!

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681805 MarkH Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:02:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681805 <blockquote><p>Wasilla?</p></blockquote> <p>That’s a funny name to spell Wausau.<br /> :-)</p>

Wasilla?

That’s a funny name to spell Wausau.
:-)

]]> By: grok http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681579 grok Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:56:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681579 <blockquote><p>One of the people who needs to heed this message is Ben Bernanke, who has been one of the worst central bankers in a developed nation since the Second World War, and to whom Paul Krugman has been a good deal kinder than the record perhaps allows for. </p></blockquote> <p>Krugman (MIT PhD ‘77) and Bernanke (MIT PhD ‘79)are nearly exact contemporaries and both teach at Princeton, so perhaps Krugman knows a little something about Bernanke that might explain this kindness… I don’t always trust Krugman to be correct, but I do trust him to be honest. He hasn’t let me down yet… </p> <p>Mozart and Salieri only took on the role of arch-enemies long after their respective deaths: in life they were said to be warm and respectful towards each other… And Salieri is a considered a very good composer who suffers only in comparison to the magician that was Mozart…</p>

One of the people who needs to heed this message is Ben Bernanke, who has been one of the worst central bankers in a developed nation since the Second World War, and to whom Paul Krugman has been a good deal kinder than the record perhaps allows for.

Krugman (MIT PhD ‘77) and Bernanke (MIT PhD ‘79)are nearly exact contemporaries and both teach at Princeton, so perhaps Krugman knows a little something about Bernanke that might explain this kindness… I don’t always trust Krugman to be correct, but I do trust him to be honest. He hasn’t let me down yet…

Mozart and Salieri only took on the role of arch-enemies long after their respective deaths: in life they were said to be warm and respectful towards each other… And Salieri is a considered a very good composer who suffers only in comparison to the magician that was Mozart…

]]> By: momaloney39 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681575 momaloney39 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:49:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681575 <p>Done…need more to Digg it.</p> <p>Great article…thanks.</p> <p>Maureen</p> Done…need more to Digg it.

Great article…thanks.

Maureen

]]> By: waynec http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681482 waynec Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:52:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681482 <p>Reply to Woo Hoo #32</p> <p>Do you have a link?</p> Reply to Woo Hoo #32

Do you have a link?

]]> By: greenwarrior http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681399 greenwarrior Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:15:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681399 <p>Probably deep EPU but this is important. She brings all the pieces together to show us how close to f*scism we’ve come and urgent it is to act now before it’s too late.</p> Probably deep EPU but this is important. She brings all the pieces together to show us how close to f*scism we’ve come and urgent it is to act now before it’s too late.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681376 Teddy Partridge Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:01:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681376 <p>Paulson and Bernanke must go, the sooner the better.</p> <p>It is a wonderment that they are still drawing government paychecks.</p> Paulson and Bernanke must go, the sooner the better.

It is a wonderment that they are still drawing government paychecks.

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681342 Hugh Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:46:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681342 <blockquote><p>He’s a master. A gifted economist, not a technician.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes, but he has also been a free trader. He saw the current meltdown as essentially a liquidity crisis and backed Paulson’s bailout plan. Finally, he steadfastly held to the view that the spike in oil prices was the result of supply-demand issues in which excessive speculation played little or no role.</p>

He’s a master. A gifted economist, not a technician.

Yes, but he has also been a free trader. He saw the current meltdown as essentially a liquidity crisis and backed Paulson’s bailout plan. Finally, he steadfastly held to the view that the spike in oil prices was the result of supply-demand issues in which excessive speculation played little or no role.

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681331 Hugh Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:39:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/nobel-memo-to-america-turn-away-from-the-far-right/#comment-1681331 <blockquote><p>Bernanke’s term as chair ends in 2010, February 1.</p></blockquote> <p>Well that’s only 476 days but who’s counting? *g*</p>

Bernanke’s term as chair ends in 2010, February 1.

Well that’s only 476 days but who’s counting? *g*

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