Public Keynesian vs Austrian Debate War Heating Up Past Couple of Days

[Sentient Void]

Are they feeling threatened in their need to publicly respond to the rising popularity of Austrian economics? In the midst of this it seems they are still trying to marginalize them, yet they are definitely in fighting stance.

this:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/me-and-the-bubble/

then his lapdog DeLong :
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/04/what-is-austrian-economics.html

then Alan Greenspan being grilled by the FCIC

then this:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/martin-and-the-austrians/

And mroe recently, this by the austrians:
http://blog.mises.org/12413/krugman-yet-again/

then this response followup by krugman:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/austrian-followup/


Also note the debates in the comments of each of these articles... any more to come?

I'd like to see a public debate of some sort whether on the news, or even youtube...

 

[bchavez]

your links are dead, could you please update them?

 

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

I think it's a good thing. I would like to see Austrians and Keynesians have a debate forum, that would be brutal. Imagine Schiff vs. Krugman, T. Woods vs. David Frum, etc.

 

[Daamien]

These links work for me:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/martin-and-the-austrians/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/austrian-followup/

 

[Epic]

I think it's a good thing. I would like to see Austrians and Keynesians have a debate forum, that would be brutal. Imagine Schiff vs. Krugman, T. Woods vs. David Frum, etc.

Those guys may be pretty charismatic, but to represent the Austrian position you need academics like Bob Murphy and Mark Thornton (Tom Woods may be decent, but he's really a historian). For Keynesians, Krugman is good, and also any other Keynesian academic. Frum isn't an academic economist.

 

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

Those guys may be pretty charismatic, but to represent the Austrian position you need academics like Bob Murphy and Mark Thornton (Tom Woods may be decent, but he's really a historian). For Keynesians, Krugman is good, and also any other Keynesian academic. Frum isn't an academic economist.

Good point.

 

[Sentient Void]

fixed and updated the links

 

[K466]

The more debate the merrier

The DeLong link did not work

 

[Sentient Void]

The more debate the merrier

The DeLong link did not work

ugh wtf? I'm an idiot.

Fixed.