Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Stephen Colbert On Thomas Herndon And Reinhart And Rogoff - Business Insider

 If GDP=C+I+G+X-M, cutting G will cut GDP by definition.  So why austerity?  Stephen Colbert weighs in on the matter.


Stephen Colbert On Thomas Herndon And Reinhart And Rogoff - Business Insider

2 comments:

  1. I think it is great that Colbert brought this to the attention during his show! Though he makes fun of Reinhart & Rogoff as well as Thomas Herndon, who caught their coding error he is still shedding the light on a topic most Americans would not be aware of. In his clip you can see politicians from all over the world quote the the R&R paper to justify spending cuts. Nobody wants debt of more than 90% GDP, but in the end does it really matter? According to U Mass it does not!

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