Knowledge of economic history has helped policy makers make the right decisions in the wake of the financial crisis, George Akerlof, author of ‘Animal Spirits’ and Nobel Laureate, told CNBC Thursday.
CNBC Europe: Fri. Oct. 30 2009 | 4:25 AM ET
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
Q: Why do Economists provide estimates of inflation to the nearest tenth of a percent? A: To prove they have a sense of humour.
"The Greek offer is not sufficient and they have to go away to come up with a revised plan," said a spokesman for the German Finance Ministry. The Greeks must first have a plan that satisfies the Germans which this comment states they clearly don't yet and then the Greek Parliament will vote on it this weekend. This said, whatever package gets voted on in Greece is basically an up or down vote on euro membership so we are entering another uncertain weekend for global markets. A failed vote will likely lead to a hard default which may be what...
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November 2nd, 2009 at 9:18 am
We are what we repeatedly do. —Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)
Learning from Past Mistakes
Mistakes? WTF are those?
the more I hear from Clowns like this dude, the more I think “Nobel Laureate”= ‘has partaken in un-Natural Acts’..
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Makes you wonder dosn’t it.:)