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JHB

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8. Considering the part where he sneers about Keyesian economics...

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 10:24 AM

Apr 2013

...and New Deal revivalists, I don't think it's too hard to figure out: he's one of the old(er)-school Republican conservatives, the kind who never got tired of grinding their axes against FDR and Keynes due to their self-image as fiscally responsible, and wound up being useful idiots for the combo of "starve the beast" ideologues and "deregulation & tax cuts uber alles" plutocrats.

Now that the ideological wing of the Republicans has gone full teabag, Stockman is hoping for a revival of his POV, despite the drastically different economic landscape now compared to 1980.

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Considering the part where he sneers about Keyesian economics... JHB Apr 2013 #8

This is why I suspect the guy has a screw loose somewhere. CTyankee Apr 2013 #9

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