Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (4.00 / 2)

I don't have to understand a diary to recommend it, do I?

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Sat Jan 18th, 2014 at 12:59:08 PM EST

Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (none / 0)

Then why would you be recommending it? Because of The Nonsense Math Effect?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 18th, 2014 at 01:01:32 PM EST
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Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (none / 0)

I recommend it because I appreciate that European Tribune is a place where people smarter than me post things that are challenging and brainy.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Sat Jan 18th, 2014 at 02:08:41 PM EST
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Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (none / 0)

Okay, but now that I've read your link, I can certainly see that point, too. Thanks.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Sat Jan 18th, 2014 at 02:26:28 PM EST
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Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (4.00 / 2)

Questions are more useful than recommends.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 18th, 2014 at 02:27:54 PM EST
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Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (none / 0)

Understood.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Sun Jan 19th, 2014 at 04:20:43 PM EST
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Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (none / 0)

I was going to make a joke to the effect of "OMG, I've become an expert" but went for the Nonsense Math Effect anyway. Nevertheless, I say the same thing three times, twice without maths, and once entirely above the fold, and still I'm not understood, which is a disappointment.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 20th, 2014 at 02:11:48 AM EST
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Trust me, it's not you... it's me. These days I learn slowly and forget quickly, as I often say in Deutsche to people I meet here.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Wed Jan 22nd, 2014 at 10:14:27 AM EST
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Re: Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? (4.00 / 2)

Perhaps it would have been more understood, if you had said it once, without the math. Not understanding the entire text appears to often trigger doubts on wheter one understands parts of it.

I noticed when I studied economic history that the pretty meaningless economics equations attached in the margins got students with a non-math background uncertain if they had understood the description of rise and fall of industries in the 19th century. Once they knew it was nonsense that could not possible appear on any exam (because I told them as much) and ignored it, the uncertainty went away.

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Jan 22nd, 2014 at 03:05:53 PM EST
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Brazil: net debtor or net creditor? | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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