dennisw wrote:
> Paul Craig Roberts does write good columns - once in a while. About economics.<
Agreed that his economics USED TO BE excellent.
But apparently not so nowadays:
I saw him on C-Span a year or two ago, holding a joint press conference with none other than Senator Chucky Cheesy Shoe-Mar of NY. Their mutual theme was opposition to foreign investment by American companies.
I don't know about you, but as far as I'm concerned, any "economist" who links his "analysis" to the ideology of Sen. Chucky has got to be either (1) an ignoramus of the first order or (2) a pathetic whack-job or (3) a totally cyncical opportunist.
And since we know from his past work that Paul Craig is certainly not an ignoramus, I'm forced to conclude that he's a whacked-out nut and/or a cynical demagogue. What a pity for a once-great mind!
The Paleo's were political isolationists but never economic isolationists. Even Lew Rockwell realizes this. We can thank Buchanan, Roberts and the rest of the loonies at economicalert.org for the flawed idea that a fortress America can somehow be economically successful.