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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:09 AM Original message |
paul krugman is a genius...and deserves his nobel prize... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. I just wish he would do the right thing and serve |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I suspect that if Prez O asked him, he'd serve. |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The PTB |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. He DOES read the NYTimes, I'm sure. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Krugman said after the election, in public, that he has no desire to work in the Obama admin. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Has he been offered a position? |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Krugman said publicly after the election that he has no desire to work in govt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe there is bad blood there, who knows? |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Bad blood... I agree. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Or maybe he thinks he's got a pretty sweet gig as it is, |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Offering an academic such an administrative type job |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Understood, but when your pool of prospective principals consists solely of idiots... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. A smart leader would figure out how to make use of the guys ideas |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Only if there was a Nobel prize for lying or being an asshole |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. as usual, you've proven you know NOTHING... |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. OH MY GOSH! I take back anything good I ever said about Krugman. You've opened my eyes. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. "he knows more about economics than any number of other people...." |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. This is the most cogent post on the subject of Krugman yet. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. uh, commentator is his job at the NYT |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Krugman Has Been A "Commentator" Since 1990 |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. "It is Obama that is the starstruck, newbie-insider here." |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, while that does bear repeating (thanx), . . . |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not really ... |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. This is eerily similar to the Bush supporters' claim |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Eerily similar. |
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Quezacoatl (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. Krugman has tied his own credibility to Obama's failure |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Wrong again. Krugman would be happy to be wrong, but he's doing his duty as a citizen |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-23-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. Makes you wonder why such a genuis is working as a colunist for the NY Times? |
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