Comments on: Economic journalism and the stimulus http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/02/economic-journalism-and-the-stimulus/ The Visible Hand in Economics Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RaiulBaztepo http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/02/economic-journalism-and-the-stimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-18535 RaiulBaztepo Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:11:50 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3059#comment-18535 Hello! Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource! PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'v just started to learn this language ;) See you! Your, Raiul Baztepo Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo

]]> By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/02/economic-journalism-and-the-stimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-17817 Matt Nolan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:00:36 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3059#comment-17817 "It’s simple, he misses the household analogy because he doesn’t believe a government has to balance the books" I would say that he is "dulling down" the trade-off between government spending and government income - in so far as he may believe that this is a situation where extra government spending could be fully funded by itself. This is the left-wing equivalent of the Laffer curve ... However, I wouldn't say this makes him economically illiterate - I just think he might underestimate the relevance of some other commentators point of view on the issue. “It’s simple, he misses the household analogy because he doesn’t believe a government has to balance the books”

I would say that he is “dulling down” the trade-off between government spending and government income – in so far as he may believe that this is a situation where extra government spending could be fully funded by itself. This is the left-wing equivalent of the Laffer curve …

However, I wouldn’t say this makes him economically illiterate – I just think he might underestimate the relevance of some other commentators point of view on the issue.

]]> By: Lymnantania http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/02/economic-journalism-and-the-stimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-17816 Lymnantania Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:23:26 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3059#comment-17816 Last blog news about health and diet. http://teplovozik.biz Last blog news about health and diet. http://teplovozik.biz

]]> By: Richard http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/02/economic-journalism-and-the-stimulus/comment-page-1/#comment-17342 Richard Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:34:34 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3059#comment-17342 It's simple, he misses the household analogy because he doesn't believe a government has to balance the books (as a household has to). If he wants to see the economically illiterate he need look no further than the nearest mirror. It’s simple, he misses the household analogy because he doesn’t believe a government has to balance the books (as a household has to). If he wants to see the economically illiterate he need look no further than the nearest mirror.

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