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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:32 AM Original message |
The Geithner plan: criticisms are off the mark (Michael Spence) |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bingo in reference to..... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. " The criticisms seem to assume that all the packages are trash" ??? |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Krugman for one thinks the PPIP is doomed to fail because the asset are worthless. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. No, that's not what he- or anyone else on that level has said at all |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. False. |
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Median Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Brad Delong has also raised this same point about Krugman's critique |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Not so much 'worthless' as 'undervalued.' |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not all Nobel prizes are created equal, it seems... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. So now you're questioning Spence's Nobel Prize? What about |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Oh Prosense... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Kissinger is a Nobel Prize winning economist? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. If condescending, I apologize |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Spence actually won his Nobel prize in economics instead of World Trade. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Spence is making stupid statements- |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Your claim is simply ludicrous. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I guess some would go so far as to think the moon is made of green cheese |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. This isn't about the moon or green cheese. Stay on topic. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Of course it's about green cheese |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Spencer actually provides an intelligent and logical explanation |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Right on que |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. Stupid? Really? How can you compare Spence's statements to an astrophysicist saying that God put |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Finally. Just wait for the Kruglodytes, though. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. How are the criticisms "off the mark"? Spence doesn't bother to say. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Did you read the article????? That is what the article is all about |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yeah, I did read the article |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. It's clearly a wrong assumption (that all packages are trash) |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. "thereby facilitating their lending activities" |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. You are mixing up your rebuttal. First you use "return to previous level" |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Increase lending or return to previous levels.. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. If you had read the article, you would have known he covered this issue |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That doesn't address either of my points. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. What I get is that ideology is a poor choice when it comes to solving problems |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. The nail was squarely struck on the head |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. That was a good read. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. so now the score is |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. One of your "liberal economists" should be disqualified |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. ah, yes - |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Nope, that's a straw man defense. The fact of the matter is |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. he didn't "reluctantly" back McCain over Obama |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Can you provide a link to support your assertion? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. you're the one who made the assertion |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Even MSNBC's Chuck Todd dismissed Krugman as having "an emotional bias" against Obama... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Not surprising, it's pretty obvious |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. He contends that things are getting worse more slowly |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. lol! He has a serious ego problem & can't admit all his doomsday predictions have been for naught. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Oh, even Chuck Todd dismissed Krugman... |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am NOT highly financially literate |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. No one knows what will or won't work. Because they've never seen anything like this. |
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I agree. nt |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. If these things were worth what Timmy, |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. so, what's your opinion, prosense? |
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