On Thu, 29 May 2003 22:13:40 -0400, "Kevin  ...
>
>Declan Murphy wrote:
>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>> Declan Murphy wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I was thinking of the New Deal. Funny that you mention the
>>>>> Depression. Did it occur to you to wonder why it is called "Great"?
>>>>> Answer: FDR saw to it.
>>>> 
>>>> ブワッハッハッハ！
>>>> 
>>>> Apart from the ever so predictable Friedman, would you care to name
>>>> a single winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics who is on record as
>>>> stating that the fiscal policies followed in Roosevelt's first and
>>>> second terms *in any way* exacerbated the depth or length of the
>>>> great Depression?
>>> 
>>> Why the Nobel Prize qualifier?
>> 
>> Easier for you to search. Easier for economic illiterates like
>> yourself to separate mainstream economist from kook economist. You
>> can widen the parameters to include John Bates Clark Medal winners if
>> you think it will help. Take your time.
>
>Why the medal-winning qualifier?
>

To distinguish between economists and politicians/lobbyists masquerading as
economists.

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