Comments on: Chait Empiricism Watch http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: martu http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21146 martu Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:42:14 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21146 Well, the difference between being wasteful in 2002 and being wasteful in 2009 is... (ooh, everybody will have to think really hard about this, because there's not like there has been any obvious change in the economy or anything, right?) Well, the difference between being wasteful in 2002 and being wasteful in 2009 is… (ooh, everybody will have to think really hard about this, because there's not like there has been any obvious change in the economy or anything, right?)

]]> By: martu http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21145 martu Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:42:14 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21145 Well, the difference between being wasteful in 2002 and being wasteful in 2009 is... (ooh, everybody will have to think really hard about this, because there's not like there has been any obvious change in the economy or anything, right?) Well, the difference between being wasteful in 2002 and being wasteful in 2009 is… (ooh, everybody will have to think really hard about this, because there's not like there has been any obvious change in the economy or anything, right?)

]]> By: DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » Chait Empiricism Watch http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21144 DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » Chait Empiricism Watch Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:00:37 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21144 [...] Read it. [...] [...] Read it. [...]

]]> By: D. Hume http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21143 D. Hume Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:34:07 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21143 That makes sense. I have started to notice other commentators misusing that term as well, I was just a bit surprised to see you do it since you were once a graduate student in philosophy like myself, but if the term becomes part of the common parlance I suppose that complaining about its incorrect usage instead of just accepting that it has both an academic and a more popular meaning and speaking accordingly would be as silly as my friends and family having to hear rants that they didn't know what the word valid meant. That makes sense. I have started to notice other commentators misusing that term as well, I was just a bit surprised to see you do it since you were once a graduate student in philosophy like myself, but if the term becomes part of the common parlance I suppose that complaining about its incorrect usage instead of just accepting that it has both an academic and a more popular meaning and speaking accordingly would be as silly as my friends and family having to hear rants that they didn't know what the word valid meant.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21142 Will Wilkinson Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:09:57 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21142 Sorry if that was obscure. I'm referring back to <a href="http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2005/02/22/jonathan-chait-confirmation-bias-in-one-satirical-lesson/" rel="nofollow">Chait's ridiculous claim</a> that his politics is simply an application of the findings of empirical research, while everybody else is an evidence-be-damned ideologue. Sorry if that was obscure. I'm referring back to Chait's ridiculous claim that his politics is simply an application of the findings of empirical research, while everybody else is an evidence-be-damned ideologue.

]]> By: D. Hume http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21141 D. Hume Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:49:33 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21141 You studied philosophy, you shouldn't be using the term empiricism so wrongly here. You studied philosophy, you shouldn't be using the term empiricism so wrongly here.

]]> By: Thane http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21140 Thane Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:39:13 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21140 The other thing that kills me is: the federal government has been spending crazy amounts of money on wars for the past five years. Wouldn't we have seen some miraculous multiplier effect from the trillion plus spent on fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and if we haven't, doesn't that put the lie to the idea that we can just spend our way to a higher aggregate demand curve. The other thing that kills me is: the federal government has been spending crazy amounts of money on wars for the past five years. Wouldn't we have seen some miraculous multiplier effect from the trillion plus spent on fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and if we haven't, doesn't that put the lie to the idea that we can just spend our way to a higher aggregate demand curve.

]]> By: Brian Moore http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21139 Brian Moore Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:55:01 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21139 People have really gone off the deep end with this economic crisis thing. When people bring up the most absurd of Keynes' statements ( the money in the mineshaft) as good policy instead of crazy-man talk, they've totally lost it. There are a large subset of people who do not care one tiny bit about the facts. They know that if they can craft policy and public opinion on this to their favor, they are set for life. Chait knows which side he's on. People have really gone off the deep end with this economic crisis thing. When people bring up the most absurd of Keynes' statements ( the money in the mineshaft) as good policy instead of crazy-man talk, they've totally lost it. There are a large subset of people who do not care one tiny bit about the facts. They know that if they can craft policy and public opinion on this to their favor, they are set for life. Chait knows which side he's on.

]]> By: Nathan http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21138 Nathan Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:04:03 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21138 Didn't we basically sell stuff to Europe at astronomical prices for a good 10 years leading up to WWII? All while accumulating much more stable savings in the form of government bonds. The economic recovery was well under way before joining the war when dumping tanks into the ocean was relatively equal to blowing them up with people inside. Didn't we basically sell stuff to Europe at astronomical prices for a good 10 years leading up to WWII? All while accumulating much more stable savings in the form of government bonds. The economic recovery was well under way before joining the war when dumping tanks into the ocean was relatively equal to blowing them up with people inside.

]]> By: Thorstein Veblen http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/02/12/chait-empiricism-watch/#comment-21137 Thorstein Veblen Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:00:56 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2820#comment-21137 What's wrong with what Chait said? Robert Higgs is a hack... <br><br><a href="http://firelarrysummersnow.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://firelarrysummersnow.blogspot.com/</a> What's wrong with what Chait said? Robert Higgs is a hack…

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