Jim, You seem to want to argue for the sake of argument and you want to frame the argument in such a way that you don't have to work too hard to hold your own.
Look, here's the picture: my citation of the Great Man, Keynes, was contra Krugman's vulgar and narrow pseudo-Keynesianism of the "big fiscal stimulus." It doesn't matter to THAT argument whether Keynes was talking about secular stagnation or sensuous satanism. Are you defending "big fiscal stimulus" as the panacea? If so, be forthright about it. Don't go off onto tangents about the kinds of ideas you don't think it's worth reading about. Frankly, my argument for shorter working time isn't based on a Keynesian analysis. He just doesn't go into it too deeply. I only cite Keynes to people who think Keynes had the answer but who don't know that working less was part of the answer that Keynes himself thought he had. Now, if you have something to say, just say it. Present it as your honest opinion. Don't pretend that it somehow fits into an "argument" with what I'm saying. You are not arguing with me. Your "argument" is irrelevant to what I'm saying. It is beside the point. It is a cavil. This is not the Monty Python argument clinic and you DIDN'T pay me the five quid for another half hour. Good night. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sandwichman wrote: >> I don't recommend you read it unless you want to argue against it. But >> if you assume that it's not worth reading then I suggest it's not >> worth you arguing against it because you don't know what you're >> talking about. > > why not argue that it's not based on a false premise? then I might > look for time to read it. I don't do history of economic ideas, so > there's no other reason besides your recommendation for me to read it. > > if it's based on a false premise, then citing it is simply an appeal > to authority: just because a Great Man said it, we have more evidence > in favor of your program. > -- > Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange > days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
