[ExI] Fwd: G.D.P. and the meaning of life

[Dylan Distasio]

I realize we're headed into dangerous waters here, John, and I don't feel
like either of us wants to be hit with the iron fist wrapped in velvet of
the anonymous mod here, so I will close with two thoughts.

Krugman's Nobel in the dismal science was awarded before he lost himself in
his politics.   When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, my esteem for that
organization was greatly reduced.



On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:10 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:48 PM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> *> As usual, Krugman has his head planted squarely up his backside in
>> regard to both issues discussed.  *
>>
>
> Paul Krugman was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics in
> 2008, and Nobel Prizes are not usually given out to people who have their
> heads up their ass.
>
> *> As far as life expectancy goes, you can thank Perdue pharmaceuticals
>> for a significant drop in it in the US, along with rising suicides*
>>
>
> And nobody can win a Nobel prize if the numbers don't add up in their
> theory, and in your theory as stated in the above the numbers just don't
> add up.
>
>
>> > *due in part to a decades long hollowing out of the American middle
>> class *
>>
>
> If that is true there must be a reason for the hollowing out of the middle
> class, and I'm sure the fact that the real earning power of the middle
> class has not increased in decades must've had something to do with it.
>
> > *Trump bears little responsibility for either set of statistics, but
>> Krugman is a long time member of the Orange Man Bad  / TDS posse*
>>
>
> There's a lot I'd like to say about that and about He Who Must Not Be
> Named,
> but unfortunately I'm not allowed to.
>
> John K Clark
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