Eugine_Nier comments on Mathematicians and the Prevention of Recessions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jsalvatier 25 May 2013 10:40:58PM 1 point [-]

My understanding is that Krugman is not wrong, he just writes correctly but very misleadingly for reasons that are not totally clear.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 26 May 2013 01:58:20AM 8 points [-]

very misleadingly for reasons that are not totally clear.

Oh, I think his reasons are pretty clear. They basically amount to politics.

Comment author: gwern 26 May 2013 02:33:28AM 8 points [-]

I found the article "The Deflationist: How Paul Krugman found politics" educational on that point.

Comment author: SilasBarta 26 May 2013 05:23:35PM 1 point [-]

Holy crap: that article has "get to the point":fluff ratio of about 5%. I appreciate the link, but just want to warn readers they need to skip past a lot of meandering about scenes from NYC to get the answer to the question.