The War on Intellectualism

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Barnabas
Who has the best economists? Who would have the best brains in his cabinet? Obama or McCain?

I don't know if I'd be listening too economists right now. They got us into this mess.

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by Kidicious


I don't know if I'd be listening too economists right now. They got us into this mess.

this is a very idiotic statement.

[Aeson]

In the end, most people accept "superiority" from their own affiliation, and rebuke it from the opposition. (Whether it's aptly applied or not, whether it's from the source or projected onto them.)

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Kidicious
I don't know if I'd be listening too economists right now. They got us into this mess.

I don't know if I'd be listening to doctors right now. They keep changing their minds on milk.

I don't know if I'd be listening to nuclear engineers right now. They got us into Chernobyl and Three Mile.

I don't know if I'd be listening to chemists right now. They got us into DDT, burnt hydrocarbons, dioxins, and CFCs.

I don't know if I'd be listening to teachers right now. If I were still an ignorant child, I'd be able to go outside and think the world was sunlight, rainbows, unicorns, and graham crackers.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov

this is a very idiotic statement.

Well if FDR would have listened to economists during the great depression he'd be as stupid as you are.

[Aeson]

Well, to be fair to Kid's statement, it'd be more like saying, "I don't know if I'd be listening to those doctors right now. They're the ones who I went to have my tonsils out and I woke up to find out I still had my tonsils and they had gelded me instead."

[Kidlicious]

Yes, and they are telling you your balls will grow back in 1 to 2 years.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Considering McCain already has the likes of Palin working for him, I have little faith in his ability to select advisors.

Fixed

[Aeson]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Yes, and they are telling you your balls will grow back in 1 to 2 years.

A true message of hope, that!

[Kidlicious]

Here's something to think about...

"Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist,"

- Keynes

FDR heard what he had to say, but rejected his suggestions btw.

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's an amusing statement, since the New Deal was pretty Keynesian .

Realizing you hate wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics

Keynes's ideas influenced Franklin D. Roosevelt's view that insufficient buying-power caused the Depression. During his presidency, Roosevelt adopted some aspects of Keynesian economics, especially after 1937, when, in the depths of the Depression, the United States suffered from recession yet again following fiscal contraction.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
That's an amusing statement, since the New Deal was pretty Keynesian .

I wouldn't call Keynes a typical economist, especially at that time. But FDR told Keynes, thank you but no thank you, there's the door.

[Imran Siddiqui]

And then initiated policies which were very Keynesian .

[Q Classic]

But don't you see, Imran? He didn't listen to Keynes at all! He didn't have time for 'experts', 'facts', and 'intellectuals'. He shot from the hip and went with his gut!

Just like our sitting president...

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And then initiated policies which were very Keynesian .

First it was "pretty" Keynesian now it was "very" Keynesian. I guess whenever spending is increased you call that very Keynesian regardless of any other qualifiers? Look, Keynes would have done much more, but he was excluded.