[Lord GVChamp]

http://www.nytimes.c...amp;oref=slogin

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American economist Paul Krugman won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics for bringing together analysis of trade patterns and where economic activity takes place, the prize committee said on Monday.

See, I told you he was a serious economist

[Straylight]

I really like Krugman, I read his blog and op-ed on the NY times pretty regularly. Hooray for 1.4 million dollars!

[Carrick]

Good for him. I like his columns even though I think his book was lacking

[Kzin]

Sometimes I agree with him, sometime I wonder where economists get all their peyote, but it's an interesting choice for the award.

[Lamuella]

Lord GVChamp, on Oct 13 2008, 11:08 AM, said:

See, I told you he was a serious economist

didn't you get the memo? According to the right wing, the nobel prize is worthless and only given to blowhards or terrorists.

Wait, it's been given to someone right wingers like? Oh, that's different. It's the most prestigious prize in the world again.

This post has been edited by Lamuella: 13 October 2008 - 11:41 AM

[thedestro]

What are his contributions? And anyway I like the 'Beautiful Mind' guy better though

Smart guy.

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[America]

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 06:46 PM, said:

didn't you get the memo? According to the right wing, the nobel prize is worthless and only given to blowhards or terrorists.

Wait, it's been given to someone right wingers like? Oh, that's different. It's the most prestigious prize in the world again.

When did the right say this? I don't ever recall it being referred to as that, at least not by anyone moderate.

[Lamuella]

America, on Oct 13 2008, 03:12 PM, said:

When did the right say this? I don't ever recall it being referred to as that, at least not by anyone moderate.

so you didn't pay attention to any of the coverage of Al Gore winning it, when a host of columnists were saying it was worthless because Arafat had won it?

[Dennis Von Bremen]

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 12:46 PM, said:

didn't you get the memo? According to the right wing, the nobel prize is worthless and only given to blowhards or terrorists.

Wait, it's been given to someone right wingers like? Oh, that's different. It's the most prestigious prize in the world again.

Why do right wingers like him? Isn't he liberal and Keynesian?

[Lamuella]

You know, retract all my comments in this thread. I just realized I was confusing Paul Krugman with Charles Krauthammer.

I'm going to go and beat my head against a rock for a while.

[Carrick]

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 04:42 PM, said:

You know, retract all my comments in this thread. I just realized I was confusing Paul Krugman with Charles Krauthammer.

Poor Paul Krugman.


Personally I'm not too happy with the man, but considering I just had a test on his book I'm a little biased.

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[Lord GVChamp]

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 03:16 PM, said:

so you didn't pay attention to any of the coverage of Al Gore winning it, when a host of columnists were saying it was worthless because Arafat had won it?

I think Al Gore winning it was a bit of a joke because...well...it was the Nobel Peace Prize

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 03:42 PM, said:

You know, retract all my comments in this thread. I just realized I was confusing Paul Krugman with Charles Krauthammer.

I'm going to go and beat my head against a rock for a while.

It's okay, I've made the reverse mistake on some cases

[Delta1212]

Lord GVChamp, on Oct 13 2008, 05:32 PM, said:

I think Al Gore winning it was a bit of a joke because...well...it was the Nobel Peace Prize

He was making peace with the environment, man. With him, nature would have rebelled by now. It would be like The Happening... but scary.

This post has been edited by Delta1212: 13 October 2008 - 05:53 PM

[Gebiv]

It's not really a Nobel Prize if it's for economics.

For those of you who are about to call me crazy:
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Nobel_Prize

This post has been edited by Gebiv: 13 October 2008 - 09:22 PM

[Vindrstoc]

Lamuella, on Oct 14 2008, 04:16 AM, said:

so you didn't pay attention to any of the coverage of Al Gore winning it, when a host of columnists were saying it was worthless because Arafat had won it?

It's worthless because Kissinger won it.

[Lamuella]

Gebiv, on Oct 13 2008, 11:23 PM, said:

It's not really a Nobel Prize if it's for economics.

For those of you who are about to call me crazy:
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Nobel_Prize

it's the The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. This is really just splitting hairs

[Arcturus Jefferson]

Krauthammer is terrible.

/I mentally pronounce his name "Kraut-Hammer"

[Straylight]

Arcturus Jefferson, on Oct 14 2008, 10:25 AM, said:

Krauthammer is terrible.

/I mentally pronounce his name "Kraut-Hammer"

It is a pretty sweet name though .

[Kenadian_2006]

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 04:42 PM, said:

You know, retract all my comments in this thread. I just realized I was confusing Paul Krugman with Charles Krauthammer.

I'm going to go and beat my head against a rock for a while.

Yanno, upon looking up that Krauthammer guy, he seems half-way decent. Atleast on domestic policy.

[Elyat]

Lamuella, on Oct 13 2008, 04:42 PM, said:

You know, retract all my comments in this thread. I just realized I was confusing Paul Krugman with Charles Krauthammer.

I'm going to go and beat my head against a rock for a while.

Would you mind if I joined in with the "rocks-hitting-lam's-head" activities? :D

Anyway, well-deserved; Krugman is the only economist and NY Times columnist I can bear to listen to from time to time. I figured they'd wait but the financial industry collapse and the bailout have really been shining moments for him. Plus, he verbally *****-slapped Bill O'Reilly on C-Span. I think that's the real reason they're giving him Nobel.