[lbo-talk] Correcting Wikipedia's rosy view on Dornbusch

[fcassia]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 26, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
>> I have added two humble contributions to Rudi Dornbusch's entry on the
>> whackypedia.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Dornbusch
>>
>> See two paragraphs under "Criticism".
>>
>> Let me know if you see anything blatantly wrong or worth correcting...
>
>
> An addition:
>
> "The U.S. economy likely will not see a recession for years to come. We
> don't
> want one, we don't need one, and, as we have the tools to keep the current
> expan-
> sion going, we won't have one. This expansion will run forever."
>
> Rudi Dornbusch, "Growth Forever," Wall Street Journal, July 30, 1998, p.
> A18.

Excellent, thanks Doug.

Do you want to add that on your own?. I guess Whackypedia "editors"
appreciate negative comments more if thos come from several sources
rather than a single user. :)

FC