FORECASTING THE ECONOMY: Keynesian Economics vs. Austrian Economics – [VIDEO]

The 2 videos are designed to convince you that the Austrians’- economic predictions are more accurate for use laser rangefinder -Laser Rangefinder for hunting.

The first video has an intro in French, sorry for that, but the rest of the video is in English (with French subtitles).

Keynesians’- forecasts (featuring Ben Bernanke and Paul Krugman) vs. Austrians’- forecasts (featuring Ron Paul and Peter Schiff):

Tyler Cowen, proven wrong on PBS? – [VIDEO]

Brian Caplan tweeted that the GMU prof was wrong and the MIT prof was right. Is that your personal view? I am not impressed by the futuristic MIT gadgets, as they won&#8217-t necessary correspond to people&#8217-s needs. Hence, I don&#8217-t buy their argument that the real problem is not being capable of &#8220-keeping up&#8221- with the pace of technology. We don&#8217-t care about technology we don&#8217-t need.

Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.

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Emmanuel Todd predicted the Arab Spring by looking at demo data. – [VIDEO IN FRENCH]

Emmanuel Tood @ Wikipedia &#8211- Tyler Cowen has a book review.

Sorry, it is only in French, but I hope it gets translated on the Web in English, sometime soon.


Emmanuel Todd : le rendez-vous des civilisations&#8230- par Ash67


Emmanuel Todd : le rendez-vous des civilisations&#8230- par Ash67


Emmanuel Todd : le rendez-vous des civilisations&#8230- par Ash67


Emmanuel Todd : le rendez-vous des civilisations&#8230- par Ash67


Emmanuel Todd : le rendez-vous des civilisations&#8230- par Ash67

2010 Economics Bloggers Forum

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The Kauffman Foundation is organizing a meeting of economics bloggers. I was not able to join them, this time. I will be watching the webcast, today.

2010 Economics Bloggers Forum

Hosted by the Kauffman Foundation

8:30 a.m. Welcome by Tim Kane

8:45 a.m. Keynote Speech by David Warsh

9:30 a.m. Panel 1 – Great Recession: Impact on America’s Future?

Paul Kedrosky, Bob McTeer, Megan McArdle, and Mark Thoma

1:00 p.m. Persuasion and Norms by Paul Romer

1:30 p.m. Panel 2 – Is Growth a Mystery? Haiti, Afghanistan, Africa&#8230-

Tim Kane, Alex Tabarrok, and Allison Schrager

2:45 p.m. Panel 3—U.S. Fiscal Mess: How Does It End?

Robert Litan, Donald Marron, Ryan Avent, Ken Houghton, and Mike Shedlock

3:45 p.m. Closing Remarks by Carl Schramm, President and CEO, Kauffman Foundation

VIEW WEBCAST at

http://sites.kauffman.org/EconBlogForum/template.cfm?page_id=1283

Webcast begins Friday March 19, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. &#8211- 5:00 p.m. EDT

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Paul Krugmans excellent definition of the prediction markets

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Paul Krugman:

Betting markets don’t have any mystical power, but they do summarize conventional wisdom pretty well- […]

E-mail confidentially to tell me the names of the economists who over-hype the prediction markets.