Just in case you missed it, there is excellent liveblogging of the Eschacon panels by Sinfonian. H/t: DCblogger
peterboy just asked Krugman what his reaction is to being called “The Shrill
One.”
Krugman’s answer: “The shrillness … boy …” “This is the age of the anti-Cassandra. She was always right and never believed, and now government is dominated by people who are never right and always believed.” Just like the war, this is true for economics.
A brilliant concept. Is there no reward for accurately predicting the future? It seems to me that this would be valuable information to a society.
Perhaps Lambert will have a report soon, if he’s not partying too hardy.
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great post, thanks for the “alert”.
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oh, totally, Lambert or VastLeft. i’m so looking forward to it…
I was just thinking about Cassandra
the other day and what an appropriate figure she is for these times. It reminds me of another aspect of Krugman’s analysis that I agree with - we have to judge our candidates by their proposals. If it’s not in the proposal now, it’s not going to be in the proposal later.
Obama is NOT going to flip and start applying the pressure on healthcare. It’s obvious it’s not going to happen.
Yet we’re all supposed to get on board, stop criticizing him. It’s absurd. Ending criticism of Obama suggests to me a really irrational fear of McCain.
Interesting Report on the Media Panel
Via Big Tent Democrat, who is on fire today. See http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/30/….