tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post2164637334669081743..comments2023-07-08T23:13:52.763-04:00Comments on The Bob Roddis Blog: A clueless Stephanie Kelton on the Thom Hartmann show: Modern Monetary Theory as Marxism liteBob Roddishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-48569199247702652412013-06-22T17:00:37.139-04:002013-06-22T17:00:37.139-04:00I'll agree that LK is one seriously disturbed ...I'll agree that LK is one seriously disturbed individual. I've avoided him for weeks. Then yesterday, he wanted to pick a fight over the fact that I corrected one of his poorly worded examples. Engaging him is probably not healthy.<br /><br />http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2013/06/lord-keynes-gardiner-means-on.html?showComment=1371916141429#c6220343557252103024Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-67714900718975261012013-06-21T13:44:45.745-04:002013-06-21T13:44:45.745-04:00I have seen LK's blog cited by the guy who run...I have seen LK's blog cited by the guy who runs the Maoist Rebel News YouTube channel as an attempt to refute Mises Institute people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-86946163499891738312013-06-21T13:27:49.938-04:002013-06-21T13:27:49.938-04:00I find him entertaining and informative. He actua...I find him entertaining and informative. He actually reads Austrian writings and then makes mountains out of molehills. Like here. <br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2013/03/mises-and-hayek-dehomogenized-note-on.html<br /><br />After reading this, I realized that I like to take a few things from Hayek and a few things from Mises and that each has a slightly different insight on the same phenomena. And I feel that the Austrians have won another round because LK has found the need to distort the essence of our position without ever really understanding the essential concept of economic calculation.<br /><br />Let's look at all the Austrian stuff LK has read.<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2012/06/debunking-austrian-economics-101.html<br /><br />After all that, his definitive critique is that Austrians ALWAYS PREDICT that businesses will ALWAYS slash prices, and not production? That's it? It means we've won the debate and that I have induced LK's ridiculous, dishonest and pathetic arguments. <br /><br />I become more informed due LK's discoveries from the sacred scrolls while knowing that Austrian analysis is still safe from refutation.<br /><br />Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-49044272403175454412013-06-21T13:12:58.143-04:002013-06-21T13:12:58.143-04:00Maybe it's best to ignore LK. You've been ...Maybe it's best to ignore LK. You've been arguing with the guy for years now. What's the point exactly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-52865525763347338312013-04-16T13:13:39.339-04:002013-04-16T13:13:39.339-04:00Well..... You don't and you didn't.
Assh...Well..... You don't and you didn't. <br /><br />Asshole.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-31255285856309105012013-04-16T12:59:28.439-04:002013-04-16T12:59:28.439-04:00Roddis,
You are an absolute buffoon.
[Cue the en...Roddis,<br /><br />You are an absolute buffoon.<br /><br />[Cue the endless whining about not understanding or engaging in austrian concepts]Tylernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-48913602840570747402013-03-19T16:34:12.487-04:002013-03-19T16:34:12.487-04:00Bob,
What do you believe MMT'ers would have... Bob,<br /><br /> What do you believe MMT'ers would have to say about this? Lol!<br /> <br />http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/the-best-kept-secret-in-financial-world.html<br /><br />Larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-56330496918282559212013-03-19T16:04:30.458-04:002013-03-19T16:04:30.458-04:00He's Australian. They talk funny.
Tie me kang...He's Australian. They talk funny.<br /><br />Tie me kangaroo down sport. Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-73296761924023163692013-03-19T09:56:39.199-04:002013-03-19T09:56:39.199-04:00Besides, the poor grammar, I'm struck by this ...Besides, the poor grammar, I'm struck by this bit:<br /><br /><i>"...on socialist calculation, I wonder how Oskar Lange would see the world now with the computer networks and instantaneous transfer of information that is possible."</i><br /><br />Oh my, did he <i>really</i> say that?!?<br /><br />::bangs head repeatedly against the desk::<br /><br />So much for "extensively studying" the Austrian literature...JFFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-83424612690981575802013-03-11T12:14:26.747-04:002013-03-11T12:14:26.747-04:00Some reactionary on YouTube said something really ...Some reactionary on YouTube said something really stupid about anarcho-capitalism and claimed that Ancaps wanted the end of society and another YT user pointed out the fallacy he had made here.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uor20NaAd3E<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-71057270917901861842013-03-11T11:31:02.797-04:002013-03-11T11:31:02.797-04:001. I'm officially neutral on what one does wit...1. I'm officially neutral on what one does with one's freedom.<br /><br />2. What YouTube videos?Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-27649859085588129272013-03-11T10:50:32.334-04:002013-03-11T10:50:32.334-04:00Thanks for the kind reply, Mr. Roddis. Your oppone...Thanks for the kind reply, Mr. Roddis. Your opponents have underestimated you from how they childishly responded to your arguments. I thought some mutualists followed Murray Rothbard but also identified themselves as left-libertarians, if that's even possible. I really like Roderick Long and his work.<br /><br />Did you watch the two YouTube videos I mentioned in my other comment? I thought you needed a good laugh at another ridiculous straw man of libertarianism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-53391825317107084942013-03-11T10:38:17.571-04:002013-03-11T10:38:17.571-04:00And here:
http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com...And here:<br /><br />http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2012/10/philip-pilkington-three-reasons-why.htmlBob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-67559682452466541222013-03-11T10:36:48.466-04:002013-03-11T10:36:48.466-04:00Also here:
http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.co...Also here:<br /><br />http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/226-am-philip-pilkington-fear-industry.htmlBob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-77855066223935913512013-03-11T10:35:55.957-04:002013-03-11T10:35:55.957-04:00Pilkington understands nothing. I've tangled w...Pilkington understands nothing. I've tangled with him and his "ideas" before.<br /><br />http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2013/02/lord-keynes-philip-pilkington-on-hayek.html<br /><br />I have no interest in mutualism. If people in a voluntary relationship want to bind up each other this way through contracts, it's none of my business.<br /><br />Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-57271948760395738372013-03-11T08:36:03.120-04:002013-03-11T08:36:03.120-04:00These MMT cultists just repeat whatever Warren Mos...These MMT cultists just repeat whatever Warren Mosler or Mike Norman said. They've probably never even cracked open a standard macro textbook. I also love the straw men of right-libertarian economic theory.<br /><br />Look at this post and notice the condescending tone that a certain Philip Pilkington takes when trying to discuss economics with a non Post-Keynesian and assumes that he's some Austrian studying praxeology.<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2013/03/jonathan-catalan-puzzles-over-hayekian.html#comment-form<br /><br />Priceless.<br /><br />What do you think about mutualism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-44916729090761286392013-03-10T17:12:26.445-04:002013-03-10T17:12:26.445-04:00You haven't wasted any time because you haven&...You haven't wasted any time because you haven't offered any arguments. And that's because you have no arguments to offer. So you quit. Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-550288222963950412013-03-10T15:04:49.076-04:002013-03-10T15:04:49.076-04:00You mean fight your straw men army? I already wast...You mean fight your straw men army? I already wasted enough time, so I´ll pass on that. <br /><br />While you're at it, here's a post about debunking myths. <br />http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=19265<br /><br />You should be touched.Simsalablunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514131877923113302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-74634207937336848442013-03-10T14:58:43.943-04:002013-03-10T14:58:43.943-04:00James Juniper and William Mitchell wrote*:
"...James Juniper and William Mitchell wrote*:<br /><br />"The crisis has once again exposed the fallacy of the notion that free markets can regulate and generate sustained growth and prosperity. It has been categorically reaffirmed that “free markets” do not work effectively." Page 2:<br /><br />http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/pubs/wp/2008/08-10.pdf<br /><br />That is total garbage. There was no "free market". There was a regime of fiat money created out of nothing by bank loans which distorted the price structure, and thus the investment and capital structure. The Billyblog "analysis", such as it is, is fraudulent and dishonest. <br /><br />* "For now, this blog introduces what is called stock-flow consistent macroeconomic accounting structures. It is based on a paper I wrote last year with James Juniper called There is no financial crisis so deep that cannot be dealt with by public spending".<br />Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-47588609928457004912013-03-10T13:24:42.494-04:002013-03-10T13:24:42.494-04:00I'm sure I've read all the Billblog stuff ...I'm sure I've read all the Billblog stuff before. But I'll read it again.<br /><br />Why don't you take a deep breath and tell me why a government isn't like a household full of criminals, thugs, thieves and mass murderers? I mean, that's the definition of a government, after all.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-74790215488244202212013-03-10T13:17:50.095-04:002013-03-10T13:17:50.095-04:00I don't even have to expect name calling when ...I don't even have to expect name calling when dealing with austerity Austrians. I know they always start with it, but somehow can't handle it when it comes back to them, and you are of course no exception.<br /><br />I shouldn't be wasting my time on you but I'll book it on the enjoyment account.<br />Since you most likely subscribe to Mises Dailies here's some more reading for you:<br />http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=15842Simsalablunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514131877923113302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-48720181186868612322013-03-10T12:40:16.449-04:002013-03-10T12:40:16.449-04:00I always expect the name calling to start when an ...I always expect the name calling to start when an MMTer starts to lose the argument. My hobby is actually collecting examples of "progressive" starting to lose their arguments and proceeding on to a petulant snit.<br /><br />I've added you to my collection. Thanks.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-7627732166122087512013-03-10T12:34:37.189-04:002013-03-10T12:34:37.189-04:00"Further, government works exactly like a hou..."Further, government works exactly like a household. A household of thieves and murderers."<br /><br /><br />Well, now I know I wasted a few seconds of my time on an imbecile.Simsalablunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514131877923113302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-48291224072136421472013-03-10T12:27:22.447-04:002013-03-10T12:27:22.447-04:00There is a macroeconomic sphere that goes beyond t...<i>There is a macroeconomic sphere that goes beyond the micro and which needs separate and distinct theorising.</i><br /><br />I deny that statement. It's the "Emperor's New Clothes" of economics. The baseless assertion is that only us anointed ones can see these alleged "macro" effects which you puny individual humans cannot. Pure garbage.<br /><br />Further, government works exactly like a household. A household of thieves and murderers. Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505189072844919928.post-14675121159277799662013-03-10T12:23:17.782-04:002013-03-10T12:23:17.782-04:00The "issues" he writes about are imagina...The "issues" he writes about are imaginary or else are caused by interventionist policies in the first place. The proposed "cure" is the cause of whatever problems he thinks he has identified. If I have time later, I'll comb through his every sentence.<br /><br />There are no economic issues that Austrians have missed, much less ducked and we can always stay "on topic". Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com