Sequester as well as vortex redux.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

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I posted this final week , but I was unaware at the fourth dimension of the Paul Krugman's "Tyler Cowen's 15-point response , documenting non solely Keynesian failures but to a greater extent than importantly how the policy footing is inwards fact moving decidedly away from Keynesian ideas , correct or incorrect (that was Krugman's point); and Sequester of Fools"

The sequester , yesteryear contrast , volition in all likelihood toll “only” around 700 ,000 jobs.

New York Times , Februrary 21 2013 , "Why Taxes Have to Go Up"

Democrats in addition to Republicans rest at odds on how to avoid a circular of budget cuts thus deep in addition to arbitrary that to allow them directly could push the economic scheme dorsum into recession. The cuts , known every bit a sequester , volition boot inwards March 1 [my emphasis]

Paul Krugman , March 10 , 2013: "Sequester Cuts Will Be Felt inwards Time"

..it volition starting fourth dimension to construct , in addition to it won't only survive White House tours , it volition survive air traffic delays , ...as the effects boot inwards , it volition remind people why nosotros truly demand a authorities that does its job.

(Actually ,  manifest failures of authorities to attain its labor lately are pretty depressing. But non for lack of money.)

Meanwhile dorsum inwards the worryzone

Deflationary Vortex?

Paul Krugman Sept four 2014 "The Deflation Caucus"

Europe , which is doing worse than it did inwards the 1930s , is clearly inwards the traveling pocket of a deflationary vortex ,

Really , "worse than the 1930s???" We're watching dissimilar versions of the History Channel.

Paul Krugman , undated ,

... if the economic scheme ... has excess capacity , in addition to every bit good ...i = 0 ...- it cannot larn out. The output gap feeds expectations of deflation , in addition to since the nominal involvement charge per unit of measurement cannot autumn this implies a rise existent involvement charge per unit of measurement , worsening the output gap. The economic scheme , inwards curt , falls into a deflationary spiral.

This prediction of a "deflation spiral" i time nosotros hitting the cipher jump alongside huge "output gaps" has to stand upwards every bit a stark failure of Keynesian economic science , on a par alongside its grand failure to predict inflation inwards the 1970s. Only , predicting a catastrophe that did non tumble out doesn't attract quite every bit much attending every bit failing to predict i that did.

If you're non getting the indicate , expression at the graph. Let me remind you lot "deflation" agency numbers less than cipher , a lot less than zero. And "spiral" or "vortex" agency getting steadily to a greater extent than negative , non asymptoting to zero. And if you lot acre a model ex-post in addition to ad-hoc non to create a spiral , in addition to thus that model no longer predicts that inflation is a danger.

To survive certain , I am existence inconsistent today -- I convey staunchly maintained that "models" must be on newspaper or inwards computers , inwards objectively verifiable forms , alongside "predictions" that whatsoever operator tin brand , non inwards soothsayer's heads.  I convey staunchly maintained that evaluating economical theories yesteryear pundit prognostication is completely meaningless.

But I every bit good don't arrive my trace of piece of work concern to vilify other people from misquoted opinions on electrical flow dangers. (Though I'm indeed pulling Paul's leg a fighting , delight discovery the absence of "evil ," "vile ," "mendacious idiot ," "corrupt ," "stupid ," "doesn't know economic science ," in addition to thus on from this post.)

So only this i time I volition order inwards to grumpy temptation.