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Nobel Prize 2009

Started by Viking, October 07, 2009, 06:38:33 AM

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The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Malthus on October 07, 2009, 05:27:08 PM
For one, Arafat won't smell so good right now ...   :(

That was never a strong point for him even in life.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Viking

#31
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/07/nobel_peace_prize_also_rans

comparing arafat to gandhi and eleanore roosevelt etc.etc.etc.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Alexandru H.

Herta Muller got the Oscar. Basically we forced it upon her by making her feel the harsh hand of the Securitate services.