Does Anyone Actually Read Krugman's Screed?

[jwoodie]

Seriously, his rantings and ravings should be an embarrassment to (most of) his fellow Nobel Prize winners. His entire repertoire seems to consist of demonizing those who would even question his crackpot pronouncements.

For example, he recently opined that "the Fed isn't printing nearly enough money" in response to "the growing public backlash against austerity." Then, rather than defending this seemingly nonsensical conclusion, he simply accuses those who would disagree with him of not knowing what they are talking about and "trying to bully us into doing what they want." Isn't that exactly what he is trying to do?

One way of assessing the validity of an argument is to string its facts, logic and conclusions together. Anyone reading Krugman's diatribes will find that task impossible.

 

[georgephillip]

Do you have a link?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Seriously, his rantings and ravings should be an embarrassment to (most of) his fellow Nobel Prize winners. His entire repertoire seems to consist of demonizing those who would even question his crackpot pronouncements.

For example, he recently opined that "the Fed isn't printing nearly enough money" in response to "the growing public backlash against austerity." Then, rather than defending this seemingly nonsensical conclusion, he simply accuses those who would disagree with him of not knowing what they are talking about and "trying to bully us into doing what they want." Isn't that exactly what he is trying to do?

One way of assessing the validity of an argument is to string its facts, logic and conclusions together. Anyone reading Krugman's diatribes will find that task impossible.

He's wrong in the trillions column. He's the funniest thing in the newspaper since Larson stopped "The Far Side".

 

[jwoodie]

Do you have a link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/opinion/paul-krugman-what-markets-will.html?_r=0

 

[georgephillip]

Age of Derp:
"I gather that some readers were puzzled by my use of the term 'derp' with regard to peddlers of inflation paranoia, even though I’ve used it quite a lot.

"So maybe it’s time to revisit the concept; among other things, once you understand the problem of derpitude, you understand why I write the way I do (and why the Asnesses of this world whine so much.)"
Economics and Politics by Paul Krugman - The Conscience of a Liberal - NYTimes.com

 

[georgephillip]

Do you have a link?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/opinion/paul-krugman-what-markets-will.html?_r=0

"It’s also instructive to look at interest rates on 'inflation-protected' or 'index' bonds, which are telling us two things.

"First, markets are practically begging governments to borrow and spend, say on infrastructure; interest rates on index bonds are barely above zero, so that financing for roads, bridges, and sewers would be almost free.

"Second, the difference between interest rates on index and ordinary bonds tells us how much inflation the market expects, and it turns out that expected inflation has fallen sharply over the past few months, so that it’s now far below the Fed’s target.

"In effect, the market is saying that the Fed isn’t printing nearly enough money."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/opinion/paul-krugman-what-markets-will.html?_r=1

Is the Fed saying we need New Deal 2.0?

 

[blastoff]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

 

[georgephillip]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Paul Krugman posts at USMB as Rdean

 

[asterism]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Yeah, the few that actually get treated. The survey didn't poll all those stuck on the waiting lists.

 

[georgephillip]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Yeah, the few that actually get treated. The survey didn't poll all those stuck on the waiting lists.

The few...
"With over eight million Veterans enrolled, VA operates the largest integrated health care delivery system in the United States.

"Our mission is to honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

"VA provides a broad range of primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services.

"VA provided 89.7 million outpatient visits last fiscal year.

"VA has 236,000 health care appointments per day."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Don't trust 'customer satisfaction' surveys.

 

[georgephillip]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Don't trust 'customer satisfaction' surveys.

Can you suggest any other method of establishing how veterans feel about the care they receive from the VA?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Don't trust 'customer satisfaction' surveys.

Can you suggest any other method of establishing how veterans feel about the care they receive from the VA?

Not by a survey that can be manipulated.

You can try asking them first hand, I have met many vets through Camp Hope and I have asked them how they've been treated by the VA, it wasn't glowing reports.

 

[asterism]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Yeah, the few that actually get treated. The survey didn't poll all those stuck on the waiting lists.

The few...
"With over eight million Veterans enrolled, VA operates the largest integrated health care delivery system in the United States.

"Our mission is to honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

"VA provides a broad range of primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services.

"VA provided 89.7 million outpatient visits last fiscal year.

"VA has 236,000 health care appointments per day."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

8 million enrolled out of over 20 million alive. That's not a successful matriculation rate.

 

[asterism]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Don't trust 'customer satisfaction' surveys.

Can you suggest any other method of establishing how veterans feel about the care they receive from the VA?

Poll all the veterans, not just the ones who received treatment recently.

 

[Roadrunner]

Why would anyone take someone seriously who thinks the VA is a model of federal healthcare?

According to that jackass, BarryCare need only replicate the VAs model and our healthcare will be the envy of the world.

Apparently, some Vets are happy with the VA:
"WASHINGTON -- The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an independent customer service survey, ranks the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) customer satisfaction among Veteran patients among the best in the nation and equal to or better than ratings for private sector hospitals.

"The 2013 ACSI report assessed satisfaction among Veterans who have recently been patients of VA’s Veterans Health Administration (VHA) inpatient and outpatient services.

"ACSI is the nation’s only cross-industry measure of customer satisfaction, providing benchmarking between the public and private sectors."
News Releases - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

Don't trust 'customer satisfaction' surveys.

Can you suggest any other method of establishing how veterans feel about the care they receive from the VA?

My son is a vet and a VA employee.

For another four weeks!

He has his 20 years, and retires in November, in disgust.

He is too moral to participate, and will not get any pension for another 25 years, but, as I said, he can no longer be a part of it after seeing how his buddies have been treated.