
James K. Galbraith
23 septembre 2010, James K. Galbraith
The Atlantic is running a debate over Mike Kinsley’s cover article suggesting that Baby Boomers should pay down the national debt.
I told the editors that I thought Kinsley would not be thin-skinned about criticism. Wrong.
– My intervention is here: http://tiny.cc/1hb6x
– Kinsley didn’t like it: http://tiny.cc/j7qsr
– My reply: http://tiny.cc/smjef
Also, a Bloomberg discussion on Larry Summers, in which I defend him (relatively speaking): http://tiny.cc/pg0wj
Jamie
Original links, for those who can’t access tiny urls:
– http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/why-we-dont-need-to- pay-down-the-national-debt/63273/
– http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/if-deficits-are- totally-harmless-why-have-any-taxes/63331/
– http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/spending-and-taxes-are- the-gas-and-break-pedals-of-the-economy/63348/
– http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-21/summers-to-leave-as-head-of-obama- s-economic-council-to-return-to-harvard.html
James K. Galbraith
