tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post7185880549641768887..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Tell Me Again About "Conservative" RepublicansDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-39824274078393795902009-10-12T12:37:23.485-05:002009-10-12T12:37:23.485-05:00Way off topic but I see you haven't gotten to ...Way off topic but I see you haven't gotten to the Nobel Economics winners yet. I wonder if you've read this from Ritholtz yet? Truly a great blog entry regarding the "irony" of the actual winners and the Eugene Fama, EMH "fan club":<br /><br /><br />http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/ostrom-williamson-win-ironic-nobel-in-economics/J. Struppnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-52399617092051864412009-10-11T19:23:15.256-05:002009-10-11T19:23:15.256-05:00You talk about "advanced countries" as t...You talk about "advanced countries" as though they were some sort of Uber-Race.<br /><br />They're merely decrepit.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-37808064022715522102009-10-11T16:03:25.659-05:002009-10-11T16:03:25.659-05:00Compare that chart to this one.
Striving to keep ...Compare that chart to <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Depense-publique-sur-PIB.png" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.<br /><br />Striving to keep spending as low as possible is certainly a noble goal, but is there an advanced country that spends less than us?3rd Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241089655906051240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-14255802593031374892009-10-11T10:56:05.625-05:002009-10-11T10:56:05.625-05:00Haven't played with the page. That sort of st...Haven't played with the page. That sort of stuff is YOUR game; I'm math-challenged...<br /><br />As to the Depression spike, by the chart's graph, it was a "spike" but spending remained high afterwards.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-51963766636670708122009-10-10T21:58:29.921-05:002009-10-10T21:58:29.921-05:00You forgot the Great Depression spike also created...You forgot the Great Depression spike also created by the Feds.<br /><br />Have you played around with the <a href="http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/downchart_gs.php?year=1911_2010&view=1&expand=&units=p&fy=fy10&chart=F0-fed_F0-state_F0-local_F0-total&bar=0&stack=0&size=l&title=Total%20Spending&state=US&color=c&local=s" rel="nofollow">base chart-creation page</a>? It's "interesting" (in the Chinese sense).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com