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More ridiculous mainstream media propaganda about the Occupy Movement

Here in Germany I heard about something on the news… — would you believe “Bloccupy“?

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Paul Krugman’s Column in the New York Times asks “So what can be done (about Dimon / J.P.Morgan)?” Here’s an answer:

Paul Krugman says “we’ve just seen an object demonstration of why Wall Street does, in fact, need to be regulated“. I think there is more than just one single option. In my opinion, bankers and the banking industry are free … Continue reading

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Explanations of falling general employment must be found elsewhere than in the displacement of workers by machines

Curious, isn’t it, that such “learned” articles are not available in machine-readable format? I guess this is supposed to be Professor Krugman’s so called “learned” response to my so-called “learned” stimulus. So since the answer must be found elsewhere than … Continue reading

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Retirees who are glad to be retired, or those who have decided to be full-time housewives or househusbands — don’t count

OMG! Neither do the disabled, whose inability to work is unfortunate, but not driven by economic issues. I’m afraid that this man simply does not discriminate between work and employment… — FAIL!

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If Paul Krugman is right that whoever owns France owns Europe, then is it also true that whoever owns Hollande owns France?

In particular, I wonder what Hollande’s election means for the proposal to tax financial transactions across Europe.

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What if…

What if you could choose only one of the following 2 scenarios? Increase spending: reduce unemployment, raise growth, output, pollution global warming and ecological doom; Do nothing: live with low demand, high unemployment, surplus hours spent without increasing output, less … Continue reading

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Breaking News: The Wisdom of the Press Release is Questionable (at Best)

Press coverage of Argentina is another one of those examples of how conventional wisdom can apparently make it impossible to get basic facts right. We keep getting stories about Ireland’s recovery when there is, in fact, no recovery — but … Continue reading

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Perhaps Paul Krugman’s “Federal Reserve Mandate” is Simply Not The Mandate of the United States Economy

I’ve been meaning to get around to reading Paul Krugman’s article in the New York Times Magazine, and yet I am sorry to say that it is — in my opinion — not very insightful… but this is perhaps also … Continue reading

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Anil Dash on the State of Online Illiteracy: “We need a tech industry that values history, perspective, and a long-term view”

This isn’t a case where a few lesser outlets omitted a minor point about a headline. It’s a case where a story that was interesting enough to earn a full Techmeme pile-on was lacking in coverage that would be necessary … Continue reading

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Natural Language vs. Intellectual Property

I promised to write a follow-up on my previous post (in which I analyzed how Paul Krugman thought about “natural language” vs. “artificial language” [i.e., "bot language"]). The tangent I followed led me to think more about the difference between … Continue reading

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