Comments on: Pedantic fact checking — Did Nixon really say “we are all Keynesians now”? http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/02/15/pedantic-fact-checking-did-nixon-really-say-we-are-keynesians-now/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rafe Champion http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/02/15/pedantic-fact-checking-did-nixon-really-say-we-are-keynesians-now/#comment-346250 Rafe Champion Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:19:12 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=7249#comment-346250 Interesting call Don! And a great rejoinder from TimT!! It is interesting to note some of the divisions in the ranks of classical liberals, for instance many are scathing about the "positivism" or "scientism" of Friedman's methodology and they think that the defects of his methodology could be more damaging in the long run than the benefit of his defence of liberal (free trade) policies. Interesting call Don! And a great rejoinder from TimT!!

It is interesting to note some of the divisions in the ranks of classical liberals, for instance many are scathing about the “positivism” or “scientism” of Friedman’s methodology and they think that the defects of his methodology could be more damaging in the long run than the benefit of his defence of liberal (free trade) policies.

]]> By: TimT http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/02/15/pedantic-fact-checking-did-nixon-really-say-we-are-keynesians-now/#comment-346215 TimT Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:40:42 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=7249#comment-346215 Historical journalistic fisking! I love it. And I can just bet that, not only did the reporter misquote Milton Friedman, but deliberately asked the questions in such a way as to get a predictable response from Friedman. Straight out of the time-honoured tabloid journalists box o' tricks! Historical journalistic fisking! I love it. And I can just bet that, not only did the reporter misquote Milton Friedman, but deliberately asked the questions in such a way as to get a predictable response from Friedman. Straight out of the time-honoured tabloid journalists box o’ tricks!

]]> By: STT http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/02/15/pedantic-fact-checking-did-nixon-really-say-we-are-keynesians-now/#comment-346191 STT Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:27:13 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=7249#comment-346191 Thanks for that, Don. Just the type of thing to get me through a Monday morning. Now if only people knew the true origin of the term 'the dismal science', perhaps they wouldn't be so disdainful of eonomists. Thanks for that, Don. Just the type of thing to get me through a Monday morning. Now if only people knew the true origin of the term ‘the dismal science’, perhaps they wouldn’t be so disdainful of eonomists.

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