tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post2216341150246084187..comments2024-03-18T16:33:31.633+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: I Thought Better of 'The Economist' Than ThisCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53248126182327530972015-07-30T20:20:59.672+01:002015-07-30T20:20:59.672+01:00E-K: get your point. Still inherently an immoral t...E-K: get your point. Still inherently an immoral thing, I think.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-37982268350090483712015-07-30T16:16:06.823+01:002015-07-30T16:16:06.823+01:00Sackerson - Nuclear deterence wasn't optional....Sackerson - Nuclear deterence wasn't optional. It still isn't. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-35172889388168757772015-07-30T12:02:54.781+01:002015-07-30T12:02:54.781+01:00So:
(i)The Economist a corporatist rag printing ...So:<br /> <br />(i)The Economist a corporatist rag printing the fashionable memes of lobbyist research<br /><br />(ii) A mutated form of the ever unreliable Cost Benefit Analysis used to push agenda's<br /><br />Who'd thunk it eh?hovisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10088222161390804022015-07-29T22:07:39.088+01:002015-07-29T22:07:39.088+01:00what I would say about the Economist, however, is ...what I would say about the Economist, however, is that the writing is good, you'll rarely see so much communicated so deftly (whatever you think of the content)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79945064715843033752015-07-29T21:52:19.576+01:002015-07-29T21:52:19.576+01:00Andrew - thanks indeed for that mathiness link, yo...<b>Andrew</b> - thanks indeed for that <i>mathiness</i> link, you've given me a new and very apt label for a phenomenon I despise; better not start me on its manifestations in econometrics and forecasting ...<br /><br />(though I'm not entirely happy to be on the same side as Stiglitz and Krugman, as it seems)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58259968622953913192015-07-29T21:36:28.309+01:002015-07-29T21:36:28.309+01:00oh yes, it think the post is really prodding mathi...oh yes, it think the post is really prodding <a href="http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/paul-romer-on-mathiness.html" rel="nofollow">mathiness</a>andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-4809196121258109852015-07-29T21:33:14.560+01:002015-07-29T21:33:14.560+01:00Am a long time subscriber and had great respect fo...Am a long time subscriber and had great respect for the economist, but once it did some articles on subjects I know something about the realisation came that they don't know more than god, just a bit more than a taxi driver or a bloke down the pub.<br /><br />The thing is that even imperfect it beats most other sources of info.<br /><br />I hope it does ok after it is sold.<br /><br /><br />andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71982513356879077172015-07-29T19:14:31.283+01:002015-07-29T19:14:31.283+01:00EK, I have some sympathy for CND (ducks): mass mur...EK, I have some sympathy for CND (ducks): mass murder of innocent foreigners to punish their safely hidden leadership seems immoral. The balance of terror may have worked so far but Mexican standoffs aren't guaranteed to end peacefully, or my viewing of spaghetti Westerns has been wasted.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32183776711829261692015-07-29T17:40:41.141+01:002015-07-29T17:40:41.141+01:00CND failed spectacularly. To the point that the so...CND failed spectacularly. To the point that the socialists were proven so wrong that they could no longer use it as their trump. Now they have AGW instead. <br /><br />The UK economy is so based in redistributive taxation that capitalists have learned to embrace it and take Greenism seriously. Not only is it green it is seen as virtuous and clean too. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-54768104693652555222015-07-29T17:08:10.167+01:002015-07-29T17:08:10.167+01:00This is Blairism at work.
Greenism is the modern...This is Blairism at work. <br /><br />Greenism is the modern CND. Effectively socialist redistribution through taxation on consumption. <br /><br />We know it's bunk because they keep increasing our population whilst telling us to consume less - to meet green targets. <br /><br />Perhaps such long term VaR is taken seriously because powerful capitalists have learned to exploit taxpayer subsidised capitalism - as we have in Britain.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44380750560827694912015-07-29T15:11:05.833+01:002015-07-29T15:11:05.833+01:00Brilliant VaR piece ND. What is the point of takin...Brilliant VaR piece ND. What is the point of taking such a stupid view and expounding on it. I may as well have a fear of aeronautical porcine assault for all the good it will do. <br /><br />Worse still the newspapers just print any old rubbish that some tosser has put together that spouts their 'line'<br /><br />welcome to the world of a Corbyn Socialist per chance?CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-82173655180689973902015-07-29T13:32:35.007+01:002015-07-29T13:32:35.007+01:00If "climate change" is really happening,...If "climate change" is really happening, I'd have thought the putative financial cost would be a relatively minor concern. This is like one of those spoof Daily Mail headlines bemoaning the effect on house prices.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-28031047874992104062015-07-29T13:03:55.476+01:002015-07-29T13:03:55.476+01:00Why would denizens of Kepler-452b care what the we...Why would denizens of Kepler-452b care what the weather is like on Earth?Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-61275775294572599692015-07-29T12:38:31.786+01:002015-07-29T12:38:31.786+01:0085 years ago today
- Pluto discovered.
- Very na...85 years ago today <br /><br />- Pluto discovered.<br />- Very nascent form of deep freezing food discovered by Mr Birdseye<br />- USS Nautilus launched. First modern submarine.<br />- Synthetic rubber invented<br />- Neoprene invented<br />- Chrysler Building, world's tallest then, opens.<br />- TV domestic broadcasting begins in USA<br />-1st non-stop flight from Europe to USA<br />-Flashbulb patented<br />- First radiosonde sent up balloon.<br /><br />All these are ancient discoveries. Mostly of technology that has since been superseded. Synthetic rubber looks the most revolutionary on the list. That has pretty much replaced conventional rubber throughout the world. Looking out from 1930 what could you realistically predict?<br />In 1930 Babe Ruth signed a $160,000 2 year contract that was widely thought to be the <br /><br />And that's 1930. A very poor year for doing anything in the teeth of the great crash of 1929. <br /><br />Climatewise just few<br />22 people killed in a hailstorm in Greece in May 1930- <br />43*C in Delaware - State record for july.<br />46* Tennessee - USA record temp.<br />-37* in Illinois in feb <br />645 earthquake shocks in Tokyo in a single day.<br /><br />Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-61574862714855048472015-07-29T11:11:24.199+01:002015-07-29T11:11:24.199+01:00I gave up the Economist in my twenties when I real...I gave up the Economist in my twenties when I realised it was Always Right About Everything.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-54847401522144583422015-07-29T10:58:38.648+01:002015-07-29T10:58:38.648+01:00Isn't this just the logical progression of a p...Isn't this just the logical progression of a political consensus that believes the government should do what it can to ensure rising asset prices?Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.com