[lbo-talk] on Doug's latest show, Galbraith

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Mon Nov 26 07:00:39 PST 2012


On Nov 25, 2012, at 4:44 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


>
> On Nov 25, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Maybe he was sanguine about it because there's zero chance that
>> we'll have "indefinite 5%-of-GDP deficits" and because no one is
>> suggesting we will?
>
> The CBO is, more or less. Galbraith rejects the projections because,
> basically, "no way."

He rejects them because they are derived from contradictory premises about economic and expenditure growth. Therefore invalid by definition, ie., "no way." The CBO is nothing but bipartisan bullshit, always has been always will be.


>

Shane Mage

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