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Reads like something Krugman could have written

by buboard 6y ago

war1025 6y ago
Is that good or bad?
- chrischattin 6y ago
  "By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's." -Paul Krugman
  - war1025 6y ago
    The circles I follow like to rag on him as someone whose opinion keeps being given weight despite being wrong on basically every prediction he's ever made. Was just curious if that's what the commentor was implying or not.
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    - jhpriestley 6y ago
      > basically every prediction https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/opinion/things-to-come.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/opinion/things-to-come.ht... https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/opinion/running-out-of-bubbles.html https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/opinion/running-out-of-bu... https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/opinion/30krugman.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/opinion/30krugman.html
      - castort 6y ago
        Wow, that 2005 column is prescient. I’d never read it before, and I’m a fan of Krugman.
    - Ma8ee 6y ago
      He has a very good track record when he talks economics, not always as spot on outside that, but not worse than other pundits. He’s quite condescending towards conservatives, so if that is the circles you follow I very much understand that is the impression you have been given. Considering that he has written a couple of thousand columns, it would be surprising if there weren’t a few where he got something wrong. I didn’t much more than check the headlines of the links below, but what was wrong about warning about a housing bubble in 2005 or saying that austerity is a greater danger to the economy in 2009 than deficits?
      - war1025 6y ago
        I have little opinion of him one way or another. The original comment I replied to just said "Sounds like it could have been written by Krugman" The only thing I am interested in is a better understanding of what exactly was meant by that.

Reads like something Krugman could have written

war1025 6y ago

Is that good or bad?

chrischattin 6y ago
"By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's." -Paul Krugman
- war1025 6y ago
  The circles I follow like to rag on him as someone whose opinion keeps being given weight despite being wrong on basically every prediction he's ever made. Was just curious if that's what the commentor was implying or not.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - jhpriestley 6y ago
    > basically every prediction https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/opinion/things-to-come.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/opinion/things-to-come.ht... https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/opinion/running-out-of-bubbles.html https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/opinion/running-out-of-bu... https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/opinion/30krugman.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/opinion/30krugman.html
    - castort 6y ago
      Wow, that 2005 column is prescient. I’d never read it before, and I’m a fan of Krugman.
  - Ma8ee 6y ago
    He has a very good track record when he talks economics, not always as spot on outside that, but not worse than other pundits. He’s quite condescending towards conservatives, so if that is the circles you follow I very much understand that is the impression you have been given. Considering that he has written a couple of thousand columns, it would be surprising if there weren’t a few where he got something wrong. I didn’t much more than check the headlines of the links below, but what was wrong about warning about a housing bubble in 2005 or saying that austerity is a greater danger to the economy in 2009 than deficits?
    - war1025 6y ago
      I have little opinion of him one way or another. The original comment I replied to just said "Sounds like it could have been written by Krugman" The only thing I am interested in is a better understanding of what exactly was meant by that.