Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Metacomet who wrote (251409)	5/29/2014 9:44:56 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542164

You never cease to amaze As do you with your ability to tirelessly put in personal put downs.

To: Metacomet who wrote (251409)	5/29/2014 10:40:57 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Respond to of 542164

<<<< share what is obviously a PM, with the board, so you can get your extended gibberish opinion of Krugman >>>> I think you need to go back and reread that post - and the post I was commenting to. I was asked if John and I were still discussing Krugman and made the point that I wasn't commenting so much because I thought the direction of his commenting has changed. Changed some from economic issues - which is suppose to be his area of expertise - to social issues. If my mere mention of the word Krugman makes you boil, why not just put me on ignore? Metacomet; there is a very real issue regarding Krugmans thinking that deserves to be discussed and debated. His issue is that there needs to be a bigger and bigger role of government in economics. I understand that you disagree, but I think Krugman would be the very first person to say his ideas are controversial. ............The last major economic position by Krugman that I took a position on was his prescriptions for Europe; Greece, Italy, Cypress. He seemed to miss that Cypress was literally a puppet of the Russian Kleptocrats and the only way for these countries to survive was to get out of the EU so they could devalue their currency. If they didn't he suggested the EU was destined in the short run to implode. He also predicted that the weakest links would op out of the EU. Whatever you think of Krugman and his ideas - his predictions on this last crises have just not born out! I think Krugman was wrong. I think the countries need to get their financial house in order. So I agree with the economic policies of the EU. Stop retiring at 52! The EU demands this of these countries instead of Krugmans prescription to entering the roulette game of currency devaluation.