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

[William Flynn Wallace]

When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, my esteem for that organization was
greatly reduced.  dylan

the Peace Prize has always been a political tool, unlike,I hope, the other
awards.  Obama got it because he was black, excuse me, Black.  Does anyone
think any differently?  bill w


On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:37 PM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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