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Charlie Stross, Paul Krugman Discuss the Future

Posted by kdawson on from the i'll-have-the-vegetarian dept.

Peripatetic Entrepreneur writes "At the Science Fiction World Convention in Montreal, Hugo Award winning author Charlie Stross and Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman opened the show with a 75-minute, wide-ranging conversation on stage. From flying cars to decoding the genome of the Pacific Ocean to vat-grown Long Pig, it's all there. Audio is also available — video soon."

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  1. what I really want to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is when they gonna let me tap it?

  2. Re:Krugman's prognostication skills aren't all tha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He's also a former Enron advisor, of course.

  3. Re:Yummy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    long dick

  4. Re:Krugman's prognostication skills aren't all tha by nedlohs · · Score: 0, Troll

    Woohoo after the bubble has started to deflate the Keynesian morons notice what they have created!

  5. Re:Krugman's prognostication skills aren't all tha by megamerican · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yes, it couldn't have been the artificially low interest rates, which means they are increasing the monetary supply much more than they should, which caused the housing bubble (not to mention the NASDAQ bubble), its that darn "deregulation," which of course means different regulations and happened over the course of 3 decades.

    Of course, Krugman actually advocated created a housing bubble in 2002.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/02/opinion/dubya-s-double-dip.html

    Krugman is just an organ for the Federal Reserve and the state.

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    If you have something that you dont want anyone to know, maybe you shouldnt be doing it in the first place -Eric Schmidt
  6. Re:Krugman's prognostication skills aren't all tha by plnix0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of course, Krugman actually advocated created a housing bubble in 2002.

    For anyone who thinks parent might be exaggerating, it's no joke. Krugman is quite literally insane. Here's a direct quote from the linked article (emphasis added):

    The basic point is that the recession of 2001 wasn't a typical postwar slump, brought on when an inflation-fighting Fed raises interest rates and easily ended by a snapback in housing and consumer spending when the Fed brings rates back down again. This was a prewar-style recession, a morning after brought on by irrational exuberance. To fight this recession the Fed needs more than a snapback; it needs soaring household spending to offset moribund business investment. And to do that, as Paul McCulley of Pimco put it, Alan Greenspan needs to create a housing bubble to replace the Nasdaq bubble.

  7. RE: ObamaCare -- Nazi Inflirtration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In order for Obama to realize a five trillion dollar in cash windfall in the illiegal organ transplants market, he will have to establish a brothel system to grow and harvest human organs and body parts from childrem born of the Obama Brothel System (OBS).

  8. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    flaws in the BSD DEPARTURES OF Sling5 are limited, cuntwipes Jordan

  9. Re:Krugman's prognostication skills aren't all tha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wise up dumbshit-- after you laissez faire fuckwads drove the economy off a cliff, it's the Keynesians who are saving your sorry ass.

  10. Re:Oh the chutzpah by nedlohs · · Score: 0, Troll

    Greenspan is a Keynesian you moron.

    What do you think the Greenspan Put was, if not the Keynesian "government takes up the slack" approach?

  11. Re:Krugman's prognostication skills aren't all tha by jcr · · Score: -1, Troll

    He didn't exactly see the financial meltdown coming in advance

    It's worse than that. He actually advocated a housing bubble as a remedy for the crashing dot com bubble.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."