Sunday, March 16, 2008

hard to explain, really

This is difficult to explain.

So I won't try.

6 comments:

Angus said...

"This research was supported by a grant from the committee to Re-Elect William Proxmire".

WTF??

that is *awesome*

I would have expected the Jerry Brown campaign to fund this,but Proxmire??

Anonymous said...

Or the committee to elect Dennis Kucinich

John said...

Are you guys old enough to remember Proxmire's "Golden Fleece" award? According to www.taxpayer.net, the February 1978 winner was NASA "for proposing to spend $14 to $25 billion over the next seven years to try to find intelligent life in outer space."

Krugman had a sense of humor back then.

Angus said...

JZ: thanks man, for getting to the bottom of this. that is way funny. too bad Krugger lost that side of himself.

Anonymous said...

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/14/news/economy/krugman_subprime.fortune/index.htm?section=money_topstories

krugman's thoughts on recent events...

Anonymous said...

What's the mystery? Fantasy economics is what K does.