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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (522850)10/22/2009 6:36:02 PM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1580032
 
>> If Mr. Powell had submitted this as a paper in one of the college economics classes I taught, he would have received an F, for incompetent economic analysis and intellectual dishonesty. Mr. Powell picks his facts carefully, citing only those for which he can argue (almost always fallaciously) that FDR was wrong. Listing all his economic whoppers would become tiresome, but here are a few:"

Yes, there are liberals posting reviews at Amazon. And what a shocker, some college economics teachers don't know shit about economics.



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (522850)10/23/2009 12:26:51 AM
From: combjelly1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1580032
 
"Somebody doesn't think so..."

Those reviews are scathing. Of course, they were the 1 star ones, but still...

I can see why i-node loves that book, it hits all of his hobby horses. And it is as distorted as the 'economics' that he presents here.