Archive for October, 2009

Two months to the Ceremony: Its not too late to earn that Peace Prize

October 9, 2009

As far as I can tell, no one has actually accepted the Nobel Peace Prize while they were prosecuting a war, much less two.  Lê Ðức Thọ was offered one while involved in the invasion of / civil war with South Vietnam, but refused to accept the award.
I see three logical possibilities for this year’s [...]

Zombie Economics

October 6, 2009

I was just reminded of the Macro Flame War again, and I realized that one thing both sides agree on is that the other is setting economics back by decades through their ignorance and the resurrection of old fallacies.
But this very fact seems to favor one of the sides in the debate.  It reminds me [...]