tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post921694831147721526..comments2023-10-19T10:43:38.825-04:00Comments on Free Advice: Brad DeLong Continues to Paint Hoover as Mr. Laissez-FaireBob Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-20401892692291130322009-09-24T10:24:35.775-04:002009-09-24T10:24:35.775-04:00http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2009/03/brad-delon...http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2009/03/brad-delongs-distortion-of-hoover.html<br /><br />^One of my favourites...Matthttp://irishliberty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-4188937324739640142009-09-24T04:50:50.457-04:002009-09-24T04:50:50.457-04:00Not really surprising. Delong is a guy who took a ...Not really surprising. Delong is a guy who took a passage from Hoover's autobiography wherein Hoover slams Melon for his "liquidationist" economic views and presented it as evidence that Hoover had "liquidationist" economic views that dictated his policy.teqzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644136551384385125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-44116659374083064462009-09-24T00:28:30.188-04:002009-09-24T00:28:30.188-04:00De Long is a deeply dishonest guy.
We need to sto...De Long is a deeply dishonest guy.<br /><br />We need to stop pretending otherwise.<br /><br />This is brass knuckles leftist politics -- dishonesty -- it's as old as the left itself, and it's what De Long trades in.<br /><br />The only way to deal with it is to confront it head on -- letting the world know what De Long is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-45315777041545492762009-09-24T00:21:55.238-04:002009-09-24T00:21:55.238-04:00oops--thanks--got it straight now. (It's stil...oops--thanks--got it straight now. (It's still funny.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-14284452372375128552009-09-23T21:58:33.576-04:002009-09-23T21:58:33.576-04:00SNK, he was quoting someone who said that. DeLong ...SNK, he was quoting someone who said that. DeLong supported the stimulusBob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-41061732371305801642009-09-23T21:37:40.815-04:002009-09-23T21:37:40.815-04:00This DeLong guy had better read the book--you know...This DeLong guy had better read the book--you know the one!<br /><br />Plus, when he refers to economists who support the stimulus being from "third tier schools"--oh snap, that stings!--is he saying Princeton is third tier? <br /><br />Wow, watching you economists go back and forth is quite interesting--so many fireworks. Y'all know the politicians & media don't care one whit about truth, don't you? Keep up the discussions anyway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776375569387669394.post-16780077375076070552009-09-23T20:30:05.803-04:002009-09-23T20:30:05.803-04:00Is this DeLong guy some big shot over the USA? Tha...Is this DeLong guy some big shot over the USA? That'd be pretty sad. Considering how famous Smoot-Hawley is, it's pretty embarrassing to call Hoover "pro-globalization". I mean, his other stuff like his anti-immigration restrictions are less known, but the protectionist drive not only in the USA, but all around the globe, is so famous that it has been said to have greatly severed the depression.BlackSheepnoreply@blogger.com