tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post113461334970128815..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: Greg Anrig Shoots the MessengerAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1135053320097137072005-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:002005-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:00Speaking of shooting the messenger:Consider the gr...Speaking of shooting the messenger:<BR/><BR/>Consider the graph of stock prices at this site:<BR/><BR/>http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=KFT&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=mo<BR/><BR/>Professor Samwick: what did you teach your students about stock market efficiency?<BR/><BR/>Does the graph above appear "random" or is there a pattern here?<BR/><BR/>Kellogg Business School role in this has been pathetic and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1134694955485675602005-12-15T20:02:00.000-05:002005-12-15T20:02:00.000-05:00Given that CalculatedRisk, David Altig, and Mark T...Given that CalculatedRisk, David Altig, and Mark Thoma have weighed in, I decided it was time for me to post on this interesting proposal over at Angrybear.PGLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248302122192095044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1134691676706653962005-12-15T19:07:00.000-05:002005-12-15T19:07:00.000-05:00Here's another thing to remember about this whole ...Here's another thing to remember about this whole issue... something I believe too many economists fail to focus on... <BR/><BR/>EVERY retirement scheme is a 'pay as you go' system... all of them. The private ones and the public ones. My economist father explained this to me years ago this way...<BR/><BR/>::::<BR/><BR/>You can only eat the potatoes you grow this season... you can't carry them dryflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04914649080074846239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1134675931349266492005-12-15T14:45:00.000-05:002005-12-15T14:45:00.000-05:00How is it that there is a problem with Social Secu...How is it that there is a problem with Social Security? This really means there is a problem with allowing Boomers to retire. Why shouldn't they retire? Did you think they were going to be the country's cash cow and inexhaustable manpower resource forever?<BR/><BR/>How can anyone be surprised that Bommers are retiring soon? When they were issued their SS cards 40 years or so ago some actuary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1134674318613658242005-12-15T14:18:00.000-05:002005-12-15T14:18:00.000-05:00Is the conjecture here that it will not increase t...<I>Is the conjecture here that it will not increase the likelihood, that it would make no difference to the government's budget policy if every new dollar of revenue brought into the system were matched by an outflow to the accounts?</I><BR/><BR/>Disputable it may be, but winable? Wishing doesn't accomplish anything. If they don't care about $600B, than why should they care about $1200B? ThereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com