tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post6894741997502491284..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Is There a Lump in Your Trump?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-42769391481004045602015-08-26T20:31:20.642-04:002015-08-26T20:31:20.642-04:00Jonathan is a virtuoso at not noticing his own sil...Jonathan is a virtuoso at not noticing his own silences.<br /><br /><a href="http://ecologicalheadstand.blogspot.com/2012/06/kick-starting-recovery-open-letter-to.html" rel="nofollow">Open Letter to Jonathan Portes I</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ecologicalheadstand.blogspot.com/2012/07/kick-starting-recovery-open-letter-to.html" rel="nofollow">Open Letter to Jonathan Portes II</a>Sandwichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-56628022592682111762015-08-26T18:42:34.176-04:002015-08-26T18:42:34.176-04:00I can definitely identify w/ @grant in the Twitter...I can definitely identify w/ @grant in the Twitter exchange w/ Portes. An economist would be stopped in their tracks by the invocation of the fallacy backed by "empirical evidence".<br /><br />But the obvious follow up is: ok, the thing you are measuring doesn't go down, but who decided that the thing you measured is important?<br /><br />The silence that follows is the only true answer. But every time this happens, the person in Portes's position loses just a little bit more of his soul. Because intellectual honesty demands that he notice his own silence and think "Uh Oh!" Ignoring that sense is how scholars earn a ticket to hell. Thornton Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402495641975262697noreply@blogger.com