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Joseph Stiglitz, Call Your Office
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in Economy | The Economic Impact Of Reconstructing Iraq — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
The famed economist has attracted a lot of attention by claiming that the reconstruction effort in Iraq is responsible for a whole host of the nation's fiscal and economic woes. And a whole host of his own fellow economists--and other social scientists and commentators--beg to differ.
One wonders whether the dissents will attract any attention. They should; a number of them have been issued by people who have no particular ideological ax to grind with Stiglitz. They just take profound exception to his claims and they have the facts to back up their positions.
After having to read that man's stuff day after day in my Public Finance course, he seems to just be, regardless of the economic realities, a committed lefty.
"No matter how much lipstick you put on the taxation pig, it's still a pig... and it's currently snout-down in your wallet." - Michael Fisk