tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post1980505590243317273..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Greg Mankiw ClaimsYoung Voters Are Supply-SidersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-34495909878562674092008-11-11T03:31:00.000-05:002008-11-11T03:31:00.000-05:00Wow, 'correction': Obama got the 'youth vote' (tho...Wow, 'correction': Obama got the 'youth vote' (those under 30) at a two to one ratio. <BR/><BR/>Does Harvard practice Ideological hiring practices bespeaking tokenism? Have a Token Republican Conservative to show 'diversity'? Where's the 'brains' in claiming something so patently false as to show that the Young are supporting Reaganomics?datadavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978878410581807239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-69601700475817270172008-11-08T15:39:00.000-05:002008-11-08T15:39:00.000-05:00"If these Harvard students are typical (and perhap..."If these Harvard students are typical (and perhaps they are not, as Harvard students are hardly a random sample)"<BR/><BR/>They're highly untypical, plus they're talking to their professor who they know is a very libertarian, so obviously they will have an incentive to voice agreement with him and keep silent about disagreement.<BR/><BR/>Look at the scientific surveys and data. These Millennials are not at all pro tiny government, every person for himself, constant giant personal financial risk and stress even if you work hard and are responsible, crappy public infrastructure, crappy health and safety, crappy or no parks for themselves and their kids, crappy universities, crappy basic scientific and medical research, gated private security housing complexes like in Honduras, etc., etc., so the wealthy can pay less in taxes, and people don't lose little bits of personal economic freedom.Richard H. Serlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824966626830758801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-45790379070327022582008-11-07T07:52:00.000-05:002008-11-07T07:52:00.000-05:00Can we expect Mankiw to bare his soul about the el...Can we expect Mankiw to bare his soul about the election of Obama? Clearly, Mankiw is much smarter than George W, for whom he toiled, as were most of George W's advisors. Perhaps this accounts for Mankiw's support for George W and his third term via John McCain: the feeling of being smarter than your boss.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what Mankiw has to say about Joseph Stiglitz's recent commentary on the economy and those bearing responsibility for its sad state. I doubt if he is up to challenging Stiglitz who has questioned Alan Greenspan, something Mankiw seems incapable of doing.Shag from Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312591102812315460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-50184544813182725592008-11-06T17:33:00.000-05:002008-11-06T17:33:00.000-05:00The dataset is even more skewed: Harvard students ...The dataset is even more skewed: Harvard students who talk with Mankiw—and with whom Mankiw speaks.<BR/><BR/>I'll lay odds he didn't just walk up to people in the Yard with Obama buttons on and ask them why they were supporting a man Thomas Sowell hates and Vernon Smith disdains.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-12686534678710640912008-11-06T15:44:00.000-05:002008-11-06T15:44:00.000-05:00I remember reading about a senator on the senate f...I remember reading about a senator on the senate floor who claimed that a farmer in his district supported tax cuts for the wealthy because he said that if he became wealthy one day he would want those tax cuts.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Harvard college students look at it the same way. I certainly don't, but then again I don't go to Harvard and don't expect to get a corporate job when I graduate and become filthy rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com