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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Monday, December 20, 2010

Krugman, Get Off My Lawn


So, Professor Hippie Longstocking is at it again.

I actually think this is a very good critique of Obama's failures as a negotiator.  Obama has not really tried to kill the "zombie idea" of market infallibility.  He hasn't rolled back the disastrous effects of Randian economics on America.

On the other hand, I do think Obama is simply trying to avoid the rhetoric and just SHOW that the government can get things done.  He's trying to take a long term view of this.

We'll see if the historian or the economist is right.

Oh, and the NY Times better stop stealing my zombie schtick.

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