Saturday, June 29, 2013

A NICE FAIL LIST OF RIGHTWING ECONOMIC GASBAGS

(h/t Paul Krugman)

Back in 2010, these 23 rightwing clowns wrote an open letter to Fed Chairman Bernanke warning of inflation & currency debasement if QE continues to be implement.  From now on, we can ignore what any of these people say or write about economic policy:
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital
Michael J. Boskin
Stanford University
Former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors (George H.W. Bush Administration)
Richard X. Bove
Rochdale Securities
Charles W. Calomiris
Columbia University Graduate School of Business
Jim Chanos
Kynikos Associates
John F. Cogan
Stanford University
Former Associate Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (Reagan Administration)
Niall Ferguson
Harvard University
Author, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Nicole Gelinas
Manhattan Institute & e21
Author, After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street—and Washington
James Grant
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
Kevin A. Hassett
American Enterprise Institute
Former Senior Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Roger Hertog
The Hertog Foundation
Gregory Hess
Claremont McKenna College
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
Seth Klarman
Baupost Group
William Kristol
Editor, The Weekly Standard
David Malpass
GroPac
Former Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary (Reagan Administration)
Ronald I. McKinnon
Stanford University
Dan Senor
Council on Foreign Relations
Co-Author, Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
Amity Shlaes
Council on Foreign Relations
Author, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
Paul E. Singer
Elliott Associates
John B. Taylor
Stanford University
Former Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs (George W. Bush Administration)
Peter J. Wallison
American Enterprise Institute
Former Treasury and White House Counsel (Reagan Administration)
Geoffrey Wood
Cass Business School at City University London

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