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Cary

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11. Thank you, but the subject just interests me.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #10)

Wed May 9, 2012, 04:07 PM

May 2012

It's obviously not for everyone.

Yes, Paul Krugman makes it accessible but so did Keynes. I highly recommend Keynes' "The End of Lassaize Faire Capitalism" where he basically trashed people like Ayn Rand, Maury Rothbard, and Milton Friedman in 1926, decades before they even came on to the scene.

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Hell just froze over: Joe Scum had Paul Krugman on Morning Joe today! [View all] CTyankee May 2012 OP

I honestly don't know this for fact, but many of us stopped watching MOJOE because of his monmouth May 2012 #1

+1 LASlibinSC May 2012 #3

Maybe they've been warned re the ad monet malaise May 2012 #4

well, he had a bit of a Krugman rant the other day... CTyankee May 2012 #5

I haven't watched JoeScum since Bill Press & Stephanie Miller arrived at Current TV Sedona May 2012 #2

I think Bill Press is taking a lot of MoJo's viewers... kentuck May 2012 #8

I was heading in that direction and I probably wasn't alone. I think Joe Scum CTyankee May 2012 #17

Only saw the aftermath. Cary May 2012 #6

They are such weak tea after all that Krugman brain power. CTyankee May 2012 #7

As someone with an economics degree I can tell you that Paul Krugman... Cary May 2012 #9

I'm in awe of people like you who can understand economics. CTyankee May 2012 #10

Thank you, but the subject just interests me. Cary May 2012 #11

I liked Keynes and I could understand him. CTyankee May 2012 #12

"The End of Lassaize Faire Capitalism" is accessible. Cary May 2012 #14

Thanks. I was a little gunshy after I got into the weeds with the Classicists, CTyankee May 2012 #16

Actually there is an excellent course on iTunes Cary May 2012 #18

AS a former Liberal Studies student, that appeals to me. CTyankee May 2012 #19

Not at all Cary May 2012 #20

Thanks! That's helpful... CTyankee May 2012 #22

I don't catch that show often but when I do Whisp May 2012 #13

Bump for Krugman.. ananda May 2012 #15

Wait until tomorrow. On Tuesday, Joe was quoting the bible about Obama's gay marriage stance Major Hogwash May 2012 #21