(Cross-posted on the Mises Blog)
This is brilliantly done. Topic for discussion: what is Papola (who, it is clear now, is a creative genius) trying to say by structuring the outcome of the fight the way he does? The way Hayek's "Who plans for whom?" question is worked in as a lyric is superb. The question is the topic of an entire chapter in Road to Serfdom, which is the subject of an upcoming Mises Academy course.
So it doesn't worry you that when asked why they picked the number "700 billion" they answered that they just wanted a really big number?
Student,
But the honest truth is that Hayek also believed that government intervention during a recession could be justified. See my link above.
As a second best alternative.
Well I don't "google this forum". I do google my name to see if anyone has mentioned any of my blog posts. It's a good way to keep up with reposting. Is that funny or weird to you? Why?
Is it weird that you google your name (apparently on a routine basis)??? And participate in a forum only to respond to posts about you??? No that isn't weird. In fact, they have a name for it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism
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Oh come on, Student, give it a rest. This isn't RevLeft.
I, for one, welcome discussion from others who don't necessarily share our economic views.
Student - do you make a habit of pseudonymously condescending to people you don't even know?
I like discussing ideas with people - if other people discuss ideas I've posted (it happens fairly regularly) I like to engage them, so I google it. You're going to have to learn to live with that somehow.
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haha. Sorry William. just messing around. Will keep it to PM in the future.
PS* Daniel, just busting your balls, mate. No real harm intended.
Kuehn has very quickly become quite a popular blogger (deservedly so), and PhD economists respond to his posts and comments on a regular basis. He is taking part in an exciting (and hopefully fruitful) conversation in the economics blogosphere among economists of various schools of thought. I can only imagine googling his own name from time to time helps him stay on top of the numerous conversations he is part of. It's a smart thing to do. It helps promote the discussion. And it's a smart thing to do for his career.
And regarding "only responding to posts about him", if we had fewer snide and non-constructive posts like yours, maybe Kuehn would participate more here.
To reiterate Daniel James Sanchez' point:
Paul Krugman reads Brad DeLong's blog.
Brad DeLong reads Daniel Kuehn's blog.
Daniel Kuehn reads JMF Catalan's blog.
JMF Catalan reads Bob Murphy's blog.
Guess why Paul Krugman became aware of Bob Murphy's article in Mises? ;)
How do they say where I live; Through talking people get together! (although sounds a bit more trivial in english and without dialect..)
But instead of only reading everyones blog maybe they should sometimes go for a beer all together (and make a video for us peepers ;)
Prateek Sanjay: To reiterate Daniel James Sanchez' point: Paul Krugman reads Brad DeLong's blog. Brad DeLong reads Daniel Kuehn's blog. Daniel Kuehn reads JMF Catalan's blog. JMF Catalan reads Bob Murphy's blog. Guess why Paul Krugman became aware of Bob Murphy's article in Mises? ;)
Oh yes. I'm sure Catalan heard from Murphy and told Kuehn, who told DeLong, who told Krugman. I'm sure it had absolutely NOTHING to do with the hundreds, perhaps thousands of emails Krugman was sent and comments posted on his crummy columns and blogs literally on a constant basis.
Without that chainlink of blogger economists reading each other's stuff, there's absolutely no way Krugman would have heard about $65k sitting around just waiting to be handed over to a food bank in NYC just as soon as he agrees to simple debate against some mortal economist in Nashville who has a self-admitted "unhealthy obsession" with Krugman and publishes articles and blog entries about him on a constant basis.
It's not as if Krugman reads his email or comments...or...Google's himself.