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Another economy theory | 28 comments (28 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Marx obviously, or some other nasty commie. Probably French...

Adam Smith debunked the sort of nonsense in that quote centuries ago when he described how free market economics would lead us all to the promised land.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 04:30:17 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Sometimes you try to snark too hard.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 05:51:45 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Not sure how to read that.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:10:50 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Not sure how to read your comment above.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:11:42 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

I'm not sure whether you meant my comment wasn't effectively snarky or whether you thought I was accidentially hitting the right target.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:14:48 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Which one is it?

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:16:26 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

I knew it was Smith: not only did I recognise the quote but the painfully pedantic style is a dead giveaway. The reason noone reads his book is that it is simply too awful to contemplate - I'm still working my way through the audiobook after a year. Which reminds me ....

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:20:06 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Painfully pedantic? He was writing in the 1770's, cut the guy some slack.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:22:02 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Yes, but unfortunately I'm reading (or listening to it) in the 2000's: it's painfully pedantic from where I'm sitting. And I'm cutting the man enough slack to struggle on through it.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:28:52 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

I don't think I could stomach an audiobook version. Who is the reader?

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:33:50 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

Some escaped robot. It's awful. Sample here. There's no way I'm going to work through the book itself though, so it makes an illuminating substitute for radio. I have a very abridged version I'm actually going to read.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 06:40:37 AM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

52 seconds from comment posted to reply posted - that must be the record...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 03:30:09 PM EST
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Re: Beem said before, guess by whom (none / 0)

I think Migeru and I take our cranky mid-morning break at about the same time ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 03:51:30 PM EST
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