tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4428938505010676842..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Joblesse Oblige?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-25616198244132656862009-08-28T11:26:17.330-04:002009-08-28T11:26:17.330-04:00Just playing with the ambiguity of the quote
Oh go...<i>Just playing with the ambiguity of the quote</i><br />Oh good! and thanks, I just love red ripe ambiguities in the morning before coffee.<br />How to deal with all the misdirection there is in the world is a worthy, even if futile, excuse to scratch our heads.<br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-41470797489911338132009-08-27T16:11:42.764-04:002009-08-27T16:11:42.764-04:00Martin, "leaves me scratching my head..."...Martin, "leaves me scratching my head..." <br /><br />Just playing with the ambiguity of the quote. People full with passionate intensity about the budget and lacking all conviction about unemployment. Although the ironic juxtaposition of "best" and "worst" also implies that it is somehow <i>good</i> to lack conviction.<br /><br />So now you've got me scratching my head...Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-55560983440319564462009-08-27T14:00:27.761-04:002009-08-27T14:00:27.761-04:00My comment about FUD referred to the current point...My comment about FUD referred to the current pointing with horror of experts to the horrible problem of deficits which obscures notice of other problems such as un- under- and non-employment as animadverted to by run75441. I did not make that clear.<br />Much as I hate to admit it that still leaves me scratching my head over the application of Yeats quote. <br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-11711136266272144262009-08-26T16:30:00.339-04:002009-08-26T16:30:00.339-04:00S-man,
Just a crazy guy, that is all. Do you rea...S-man,<br /><br />Just a crazy guy, that is all. Do you really want to make too much of it?<br /><br />BTW, I do not think that what I said is what you said to Martin at all.Barkley Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114257724762074636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-4921400178632507172009-08-26T15:57:41.336-04:002009-08-26T15:57:41.336-04:00By the way, Barkley,
I'm still trying to wra...By the way, Barkley, <br /><br />I'm still trying to wrap my head around the meaning of <a href="http://econospeak.blogspot.com/2009/08/cant-stop-endlessly-spouting-chapman-ii.html?showComment=1250979787622#c6519989441887170726" rel="nofollow">"This will be my last comment on this for some time, as, sorry, this issue is simply one that I am not all that worked up about one way or the other."</a><br /><br />Doesn't "not all that worked up about" mean you are not all that <i>interested</i> in the topic? Presumably accompanied by a lack of keenness to, as Blaug put it with regard to the classical economists, "rise above the commonplace" in formal analysis? "Well, it has long been understood..." is not a substantive argument.<br /><br />This makes two dismissive comments from you after your dismissive announcement that your wouldn't be commenting. What gives?Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-4037333071154464062009-08-26T15:28:21.359-04:002009-08-26T15:28:21.359-04:00Martin,
The best lack all conviction, while the ...Martin, <br /><br /><i>The best lack all conviction, while the worst<br /><br />Are full of passionate intensity.</i><br /><br />Barkley,<br /><br />"Well, it has long been understood that..."<br /><br />What I just said to Martin.Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-17614799413848075182009-08-26T13:57:44.076-04:002009-08-26T13:57:44.076-04:00S-man,
Well, it has long been understood that emp...S-man,<br /><br />Well, it has long been understood that employment (or unemployment) is a "lagging indicator." You or anyone else may rail against this, but it is not something that is going to be undone easily by anything. Firms are slow to fire and even slower to rehire.<br /><br />That your various arguments may suggest policies to raise the longer term employment rate (the official unemployment rate not being all that meaningful for well-known reasons) does not particularly have much to do with this time pattern when a recession hits, and your proposed policy changes are not likely to prevent recessions, as has been argued elsewhere (and I am not going to repeat).rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-33683110937658994712009-08-26T12:31:11.732-04:002009-08-26T12:31:11.732-04:00FUD = fear, uncertainty and doubt.
Pirates purvey...FUD = fear, uncertainty and doubt.<br /><br />Pirates purvey fear of deficits, uncertainty of employment and doubt that government programs will be effective to cover the continued raids by corporatist's on the treasury. Secrecy for Wall Street. Utter exposure for trade unions.<br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-47246835956878578942009-08-26T10:18:27.201-04:002009-08-26T10:18:27.201-04:00Sandwichman:
There will not be any outcry on Unem...Sandwichman:<br /><br />There will not be any outcry on Unemployment as most people are too concerned about deficits and will cut their own throats to reduce it.run75441https://www.blogger.com/profile/03790826995006015721noreply@blogger.com