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  • Are you a fellow academic? Or private sector economist?

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    • Fellow academic.

      Carolus

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      • Originally posted by Carolus Rex
        Oh, (semi-back on topic) and I can't believe how calm the MP forum is now that Hydey seems to have logged off...

        Carolus

        yes, true.


        AND TAKE ANY ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS TO THE OT please.
        It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
        RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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        • Originally posted by rah

          AND TAKE ANY ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS TO THE OT please.
          Oops, so there is some moderating after all?

          Carolus

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          • Very little. But it seems to have gotten worse recently.
            It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
            RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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            • Originally posted by Carolus Rex
              Fellow academic.

              Carolus
              As opposed, presumably, to an Academic Fellow.
              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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              • Originally posted by rah
                AND TAKE ANY ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS TO THE OT please.
                I've got a better idea. Take it out the back and shoot it.
                " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                • Originally posted by Carolus Rex


                  To be honest (and despite DrSpike's assertion above) I don't know what kind of economist I am... There are no right answers in economics... I guess I'm a sceptical one...


                  Carolus
                  Well there is a very Nordic answer for you.

                  Get him to say it on a rocky island in the Skagerrak on a hauntingly beautiful day and you've got a Bergman film.
                  Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                  Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                  • Yes, indeed. I'm closing my eyes and I'm hearing Max von Sydow murmuring the words to Bibi Andersson. I'm actually not sure how many "s"s Bibi has in her name. I went for two because it looks kind of Swedish to me.
                    " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                    "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                    • Originally posted by Carolus Rex
                      But I'd put J M Keynes among the top three economists of all time together with Adam Smith... The third spot is still open for debate...

                      Carolus
                      No debate at all. If Adam Smith gets a gig, the third spot has to go to Sun Tzu. Leaves Adam for dead in the usefulness department.
                      " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                      "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                      • Originally posted by finbar
                        Yes, indeed. I'm closing my eyes and I'm hearing Max von Sydow murmuring the words to Bibi Andersson. I'm actually not sure how many "s"s Bibi has in her name. I went for two because it looks kind of Swedish to me.
                        He says it and then dives nude into the water and they have a magical day, possibily involving sex, possibily not, that is left vague.

                        But whatever happens, later someone has a dark night of the soul and commits suicide. Then we have flashbacks or dream sequences or someone is shown doing mundane work, possibly housework, say an old woman singing some traditional song whilst washing clothes the old fashion way. The camera lingers on the dirty water going down the drain.
                        Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

                        Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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                        • Somewhere in it we need a scene where he plays Civ - rather than chess - with Death.
                          " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                          "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                          • I can't believe I didn't know that AH and finbar knew their Bergman so well...

                            Carolus

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                            • Originally posted by finbar

                              I've got a better idea. Take it out the back and shoot it.


                              Seems that writing police series for TV gives quite a few useful one-liners!

                              Carolus

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                              • Make that two-liner...

                                Carolus

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