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Paul Krugman ridiculizes Justin Wolfers’s thesis advisor.

Paul Krugman – (How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?): [I]n a 2008 paper titled “The State of Macro” (that is, macroeconomics, the study of big-picture issues like recessions), Olivier Blanchard of M.I.T., now the chief economist at the International … Continue reading

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Justin Wolfers’ former thesis advisor (who is now Chief Economist at a little thing called the International Monetary Fund) said that the global financial crisis is set to worsen and that the situation will not improve until 2010.

Olivier Blanchard: The worst is yet to come. -

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MIT economics professor (and Nobel Prize-bound) Olivier Blanchard was Justin Wolfers’ thesis advisor.

—Olivier Blanchard Justin Wolfers — John Ledyard was Robin Hanson‘s thesis advisor. — Previous: Justin Wolfers and Robin Hanson ARE the top thinkers on prediction markets. + Is GMU professor Robin Hanson an inventor, an innovator, or… a complete loser??

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The Defining Moment Of The French Presidential Elections

French Adman Jacques Seguela = Political Turncoat Of The Millennium #1. Adman Jacques Seguela (of ad firm Euro-RSCG) worked for all the (presidential and legislative) Socialist candidates since 1981 —except for the last one (Segolene Royal). #2. He has voted … Continue reading

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Christopher Dickey of NewsWeek has a screw loose.

French Presidential Elections Christopher Dickey: Sarko Has the Best Plan, But French Voters Don’t Want It. [...] On paper, Nicolas Sarkozy offers France its best hope for change. [...] He would cut taxes, free up the labor market, encourage people … Continue reading

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Matthew Parris of The Times (of London) has a screw lose.

Via Govdaq (nice blog name, man ), Matthew Parris: [...] I rooted for a Republican victory when George W. Bush sought his second term. [...] And next weekend all true market liberals should be rooting for [Socialist] Ségolène Royal. [...] … Continue reading

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