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Is this the same Gary North who predicted the collapse of society from the Y2K bug? > North predicted a Y2K catastrophe in print and online,[31] and predicted
by paulgb 13y ago
Is this the same Gary North who predicted the collapse of society from the Y2K bug?
> North predicted a Y2K catastrophe in print and online,[31] and predicted that a Y2K date-rollover failure of the global Information Technology (IT) infrastructure would precipitate severe disruption and the complete collapse of the international economy, leaving American Christians to restore society following the collapse.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#Y2K_catastrophe_prediction http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_North_(economist)#Y2K_ca...
Edit: looks like he has a long history of claiming the sky is falling:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/01/17193 http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/01/17193
- blahbl4hblahtoo 13y agoAn Austrian economist predicting the end of the world? I'm shocked!
- rookonaut 13y agoGary North is Austrian?
- jswinghammer 13y agoYes. Sometimes he's good but definitely not on this topic.
- rookonaut 13y agoThis is maybe a stupid question but what does it mean to be Austrian in this context? Is he born in Austria or is this a reference to the Austrian School of Economics?
- iso-8859-1 13y agoSchool of Economics
- rookonaut 13y agoThank you guys for the clarification.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoI'd presume economics here. There is no context where his birthplace is relevant.
- alecbenzer 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School
- ConceptJunkie 13y ago"Austrian" in this case refers to someone who is of the Austrian school of economics.
- Aqueous 13y agoSo I should do exactly the opposite of whatever Gary North says. Done!
- macspoofing 13y ago"North predicted a Y2K catastrophe in print and online, and __HOPED__ that a Y2K date-rollover failure of the global Information Technology (IT) infrastructure would precipitate severe disruption and the complete collapse of the international economy, leaving American Christians to restore society following the collapse" He definitely sounds like a nutbar.