T2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Economists exist to produce plausible sounding > justifications for pre-conceived notions. Can > anyone name a single economist who’s been more > consistently right on the economy than mere chance > would dictate? I can’t think of any. Their entire > livelihood depends on their ability to sell > something, whether it’s a fund or a political > program. That’s why most all of them have a > political bias if they are in academia. If they > are in the private sector, most are either > lemmings or hyperbolic windbags trying to get some > marketing for their firm on CNBC. Seems like that, definitely. It’s funny, this seems to be the first center-right book released by a well known economist on the current situation in the past two years.
nocareer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Sowell has released a new book: > > http://www.amazon.com/Housing-Boom-Bust-Thomas-Sow > ell/dp/0465018807/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1 > 241737737&sr=1-4 > > The Housing Boom and Bust. With all the leftist > viewpoints out there, I’m eager to try this one > out. I got this book today. It is a center-right viewpoint of the crisis and is critical of the new approach. It’s another perspective.