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Carter Vindicated
The National Review points out that economic growth was very strong during the Carter administration. After all, nominal GDP went up a lot and "there is no unique virtue to inflation-adjusting."
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Comments
Amazing stupidity, though of course there must be more involved. Yuch.
Posted by: anne | Oct 4, 2004 3:35:22 PM
Note that the comment re inflation was actually made by Donald Luskin (who should certainly know better) in response to a letter by an author upset with a column in which Luskin tore into said writer. I don't care enough to go read the original columns, but this is not the voice of National Review speaking in the offensive excerpt, it's Luskin.
FWIW, I generally view Luskin as akin to Krugman (though not as good a writer). They're both usually OK when they stick to economic issues, but they don't. Politically they're both hacks whose word shouldn't so much be taken with a grain of salt, as thrown into a black hole at the center of the Andromeda Galaxy.
Posted by: Shelby | Oct 4, 2004 5:23:27 PM
Show me any article where Luskin's made any economic assertion more complex than "when supply goes down, demand generally goes up" that doesn't fall flat on its face, Shelby.
Posted by: jesse | Oct 4, 2004 5:30:04 PM
Show me any Krugman article that comes with light years, or hundreds of millions of light years of, this kind of economics howler.
Krugman is, well, shrill on politics. But he is a superb and conscientious economist.
Luskin never lets economic thinking get in the way of his plutocratic wet-dreams.
Posted by: Dave L | Oct 4, 2004 6:06:38 PM
Jesse:
I think Luskin's on solid ground with this, about Spitzer and mutual funds:
http://www.poorandstupid.com/2003_09_07_chronArchive.asp#106320484155855470
And this is a fair take (both political and economic) on patent rights, that slams the Bush administration:
http://www.poorandstupid.com/2003_12_14_chronArchive.asp#107184676887652454
Posted by: Shelby | Oct 4, 2004 6:28:27 PM
Wow, that Brad DeLong sure is one thin-skinned academic. I posted one mildly critical comment on the linked post, and I've been banned! (And the criticism of DeLong was well-deserved, since Luskin is NOT saying what DeLong (and Yglesias) claim he's saying; rather, Luskin is merely saying that adjusting ONLY for inflation is misleading, since there are other adjustments (such as effective tax rate and non-cash comp) that affect how much a person really can buy with the money he earns.)
My respect for Matthew and Kevin Drum, for allowing comments that may criticize them, continues to increase.
Posted by: Al | Oct 4, 2004 7:23:32 PM
Shelby,
You really have no clue if you think Krugman and Luskin are comparable on economics.
Posted by: GT | Oct 4, 2004 7:43:06 PM
GT: That's not what I said. They're "akin" and they're both "OK when they stick to economic issues". I'm not trying to compare them as economists.
Posted by: Shelby | Oct 4, 2004 8:02:34 PM
Al, while some bloggers ban for abusiveness and rudeness, DeLong bans for stupidity and mendacity (do the math).
Personally, I can see merits to both...
Posted by: djw | Oct 4, 2004 8:21:33 PM
OK, let me say then that Luskin is most certainly NOT OK when he sticks to economic issues. Brad Delong's blog is full of posts where he catches Luskin making simple and basic errors of economic reasoning.
Luskin does not understand economics. Which is why so many wonder why the National Review publishes him.
Posted by: GT | Oct 4, 2004 9:04:11 PM
DeLong bans for stupidity and mendacity
So, you're saying that I got banned for proving that DeLong was stupid and mendacious? I realize that's what my post did, but, still...
Posted by: Al | Oct 5, 2004 10:29:52 AM
Even if I agree with him usually, it's true, Delong is very thin-skinned and cuts out criticism of himself that's no nastier than what he levels at others. But at least he runs comments that argue against his views. Insta-idiot doesn't run anything that suggests he might be wrong. But then, if he did, his credibility would disappear into thin air.
Posted by: polo | Oct 5, 2004 11:12:20 AM
Insta-idiot doesn't run anything that suggests he might be wrong. But then, if he did, his credibility would disappear into thin air.
He frequently posts email excerpts that disagree with him. If he had a comments feature it would be ludicrously overrun, given his traffic levels. Now, if you were talking about Joshua Micah Marshall you might have a point.
Posted by: Shelby | Oct 5, 2004 2:43:20 PM
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