Bloomberg Story Links To Democratic Underground

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Stiglitz Enabled Obama With Nobel Ideas Only to Ridicule Them

By Matthew Benjamin

March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Joseph Stiglitz’s 2003 book “The Roaring Nineties” is a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s blueprint to reshape the U.S. economy. Yet the Nobel Prize- winning economist says “there’s no natural position for somebody like me” in the new administration.

A plan Obama was considering to buy illiquid assets on banks’ balance sheets amounted to swapping taxpayers’ “cash for trash,” Stiglitz, 66, said in January interviews at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I’m hopefully shaping some of the debate and some of the policies and framing the discussion.”

Like fellow Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, who writes a column for the New York Times, Stiglitz has his own forum, contributing regularly to Vanity Fair magazine. His articles, with titles including “Capitalist Fools,” are spread through the Internet via sites such as DemocraticUnderground.com and DailyKos.com.

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1. "Oh, oh. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL & Cabal O' Republicon Cronies

[Skinner]

2. Nice.

:thumbsup:

[malaise]

3. Very nice

What a pity Bloomberg doesn't link some of the investigative threads from DUers.

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4. I always knew this was the best source on the internet

It definitely can be the most diverse at times.

[mod mom]

5. I'm thankful for Krugman whenever I check our 401K. I listened to him early last fall

and moved everything into ready assets. I have his blog bookmarked along w DU, TPM, TPM Muck, 538 and facebook. He is certainly worth spreading around the internet.

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6. K&R#5!

:applause: for DU!

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7. K & R.