I'd say only a bad economist would think quantitative easing is, indiscriminately, a good thing.

A bad economist is someone who disregards the long term consequences of an economic act or policy, or who only considers the effects on one group of people, and not of every group involved or affected.

There's a lot of incentive for perpetuating bad economics, it justifies policies that benefit a group of people at the expense of another, or one generation at the expense of the next.

Keynes summed it up best himself, "In the long run, we are all dead", which I think is a truly sad and insightful admission of how bad an economist he really was.

He didn't mean to break the glass.

Thanks enoch, I truly appreciate your candor and kindness, they're rare commodities these days, it also makes me want to rethink my attitudes.

Cheers

All I can say is that he could have made his point by being less antagonistic. Sometimes people don't know the rules, which is their fault, I know, but she just needed to be told she's on the wrong side, that's all, no need for swearing and name-calling.

I used to jog on the wrong side of the sidewalk, and when I almost ran into a guy jogging, he complained and explained my error, so I learned. I also once saw two bikes hitting each other head on because one of them was on the wrong side.

First world problems.

@enoch hi, thanks for replying. You might notice I never said I wasn't hostile, just that my hostility wasn't sparked by mere disagreement, but by being misrepresented, by prejudice.

Try to remember any time in your life when you were the target of prejudice. How did that make you feel? Can you remember how you reacted?

When I was hostile towards people who disagreed with me, it might take some empathy to spot where and how people I argued with were misrepresenting me and my opinions as well.

In your post, I felt that you made many assumptions about me that I know to be false. How would you feel about a complete stranger dispensing advice to you as if they've honestly mistaken you for someone they're familiar with? I'm sure it wouldn't bother you any less if they did so with the best of intentions in their hearts.

I also don't take kindly to the suggestion that I'm incapable of civilized discussion. I'm sure you can appreciate that.

I don't understand, stating your rights loudly and defiantly to police officers usually works...

He's gonna' be so pissed when he finds out all those phrases won't get him anywhere near a female of his species.

I liked that kiss.

@ant hopefully, that functionality will be provided with iOS 7

I can't wait!

@ant not a problem, there's an iPhone cover made out of flesh!

@def consider yourself hired as an official videosift translator! You'll be paid handsomely in power points awarded with upvotes.

Nice.

@Gutspiller well, it's easy to come up with supposed agendas, but they're never as relevant as the arguments themselves. Thankfully, scientists wouldn't be so easily distracted.