Estonian president goes off on Krugman (unemployment, solution, politician, leader)

[summers73]

Guess being the leader of a prosperous nation implementing austerity measures pales in comparison to winning a beauty pageant in an unrelated area of economics.

President of Estonia goes ballistic on Paul Krugman | FP Passport

[skoro]

So now right wingers are looking to Estonia for leadership.

[summers73]

Originally Posted by skoro

So now right wingers are looking to Estonia for leadership.

Considering their austerity and free market model trumps the Greeks, why not?

Just proves that the Krugman Keynesian Klan doesn't know what they're talking about when it comes to austerity making things worse. Don't count on the Klan leader to make this statement in his NYTimes column.

[djacques]

I don't think Krugman is shaking with fear at the possibility of being disinvited to the President of Estonia's cocktail parties.

[summers73]

Originally Posted by djacques

I don't think Krugman is shaking with fear at the possibility of being disinvited to the President of Estonia's cocktail parties.

If only that could offset the embarrassment of being so wrong about austerity not being the solution in Europe.

[GregW]

So the "leader" of a small poor nation attacked krugman. What did he actually say?

[EinsteinsGhost]

When did Estonia implement austerity measures? And how has it addressed the issue of unemployment since? Does that austerity include a third of the budget it gets from EU?

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by summers73

Guess being the leader of a prosperous nation implementing austerity measures pales in comparison to winning a beauty pageant in an unrelated area of economics.

President of Estonia goes ballistic on Paul Krugman | FP Passport

Krugman is irrelevant.

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by Roadking2003

Krugman is irrelevant.

Apparently not. Not even an Estonian politician could ignore him.

[T-310]

Smart people know idiots like Krugman when they hear of one.