Comments on: What Else Went Wrong http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/12/what-else-went-wrong/ The Big Questions | Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:35:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ChrisZ http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/12/what-else-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 ChrisZ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:45:32 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1459#comment-1318 "The one that I find fascinating is why, how it was possible to have a housing bubble only five years after we had a tech bubble." Why can't we have multiple "bubbles" going on at the same time? At any time, something is "wrong" with the economy - the question is how do we recognize it before it "bursts" and fix it - then if we do - was it ever a bubble to start with? Thus the bubble bursting is either something not able to be anticipated, or is it a natural part of a correction? Is there always a "safety valve"? “The one that I find fascinating is why, how it was possible to have a housing bubble only five years after we had a tech bubble.”

Why can’t we have multiple “bubbles” going on at the same time? At any time, something is “wrong” with the economy – the question is how do we recognize it before it “bursts” and fix it – then if we do – was it ever a bubble to start with? Thus the bubble bursting is either something not able to be anticipated, or is it a natural part of a correction? Is there always a “safety valve”?

]]> By: | wonderlandjack.com http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/12/what-else-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 | wonderlandjack.com Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:26:48 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1459#comment-1280 [...] was looking at Steven Landsburg’s BLOG today (he’s an economist at the University of Rochester), and he had some interesting quotes [...] [...] was looking at Steven Landsburg’s BLOG today (he’s an economist at the University of Rochester), and he had some interesting quotes [...]

]]> By: ScottN http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/12/what-else-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 ScottN Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:25:06 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1459#comment-1151 No, the boomers are not the dumbest generation. That would be the generation that was born near 1890 and let the government create an income tax, prohibition, the federal reserve, got involved in the Great War. The boomers have a long way to go to top that. No, the boomers are not the dumbest generation. That would be the generation that was born near 1890 and let the government create an income tax, prohibition, the federal reserve, got involved in the Great War. The boomers have a long way to go to top that.

]]> By: Ben Alexander http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/12/what-else-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1127 Ben Alexander Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:03:43 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1459#comment-1127 Uhm, he doesn't make sense to me. Anyone here willing to translate back to English? Uhm, he doesn’t make sense to me. Anyone here willing to translate back to English?

]]> By: Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics http://www.thebigquestions.com/2009/12/12/what-else-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Weekend Roundup at Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:32:23 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=1459#comment-1120 [...] Buy « What Else Went Wrong [...] [...] Buy « What Else Went Wrong [...]

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