tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post2046778272721273251..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: In which I Dare to Disagree with Paul KrugmanJazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-17119723181595921652010-11-06T18:36:20.627-04:002010-11-06T18:36:20.627-04:00He DEFENDS Pinochet!
That's rich. He hates ...<i>He DEFENDS Pinochet!</i> <br /><br />That's rich. He hates Krugman with a passion , because he's a war monger, but defends a muderous dictator. Brilliant?<br /><br />I read his post: a weird melange of fact, fiction, fantasy and right wing bull shit.<br /><br />There are certain necessary conditions for hyper-inflation, and deflation isn't among them. <br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-49899192172990975752010-11-06T13:56:16.657-04:002010-11-06T13:56:16.657-04:00I'm not a Lira fan, but some of his arguments ...I'm not a Lira fan, but some of his arguments are intriguing.<br /><br />I made a serious, non-snarky comment on his blog one time, disagreeing with his hyperinflationary collapse scenario. Because he's Chilean, and I was reading "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein at the time, I asked what he thought of her take on Pinochet's Chicago-School shock capitalism in his homeland. He e-mailed back, something I didn't expect, because he's been getting a lot of attention due to his posts on ZeroHedge. He DEFENDS Pinochet! Concedes Augusto was a dictator who crushed people, but it was for the long-term good. Not only do I think he's wrong, but it's reprehensible "ends justifies..." thinking. But hey, it's his country, and his opinion.<br /><br />Anyway, I occasionally read right-wingers if they make sense. 95% of 'em don't, but a few of Lira's economic arguments do.<br /><br />I still think WASF. The only question is, which direction is the F'ing coming from? Most likely, it will be from several compass points at the same time. You and I are lucky -- even if our comfortable lives are cut short, we've lived the bulk of them in the best times available to the mass of humanity.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-37087480376751168672010-11-06T09:43:36.387-04:002010-11-06T09:43:36.387-04:00Bukko -
Welcome to my humble blog.
I've cros...Bukko -<br /><br />Welcome to my humble blog.<br /><br />I've crossed paths with Lira before. Here, if you're interested, it's way at the bottom of the post.<br /><br />http://jazzbumpa.blogspot.com/2010/10/krugman-derangement-syndrome.html#more<br /><br />Lira is either flat ass stupid or batshit insane. I have to run of and do family stuff now, bu I'll read his post later.<br /><br />Maybe I'll have a pithy comment after.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-42796820162892204842010-11-06T01:18:54.868-04:002010-11-06T01:18:54.868-04:00Here's a guy who lays out a case for high, mor...<a href="http://gonzalolira.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-more-nails-in-dollars-coffinthe.html" rel="nofollow">Here's a guy who lays out a case for high, more likely hyper, inflation.</a>Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.com