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November 05, 2008

Robert Shiller On The Economy Economy

Yale economist Robert Shiller, one of the few prominent economists who predicted the current crisis, on where we are and where we're headed:

The worst is ahead of us.

Posted by Jonathan at November 5, 2008 10:51 PM  del.icio.us digg NewsVine Reddit YahooMyWeb

Comments

Interesting. THanks for posting this.

P.S. Congrats to your man winning. From the libertarian vantage, I'm still skeptical that anything is going to change in regards to monetary and foreign policy, but I heard an interesting interview regarding civil liberties today that you may be interested in:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-11-05_062_civil_liberties_under_obama.mp3

Posted by: at November 6, 2008 08:50 PM

I doubt it is appropriate to start a discussion about economics on someone else's website but to posit Lew Rockwell as some who even deserves to be read strikes me as astonishing.This would deliver us into the world of Hayek and only the Prophets would know what else.

Protect us.

Posted by: Norman at November 7, 2008 05:25 PM

"to posit Lew Rockwell as some who even deserves to be read strikes me as astonishing."

Curious statement; please expound on what you mean. It seems to me that the Austrians, including Lew Rockwell, have explained the economic problems rather rationally and to discount their views is an intellectual disservice to yourself. Maybe you know something I dont?

Posted by: at November 8, 2008 12:26 AM