Friday, December 06, 2019
Still grumpy
Speaking of monsters who get paid and recognized:
"Expert" Krugman is paid millions and gets Nobel Prizes....
OK, this is extremely weird. I received an email saying that a payment has been received into my blockchain wallet. But I don't have a blockchain wallet. Presumably there's some kind of fraud going on, but what?
... and he can't recognize an ECONOMIC fraud.
Some of the commenters are blaming Krugman's age (OK Boomer and all that) but they're wrong.
This is the oldest setup in the world. And this instance actually reverts BY NAME to the oldest version of the oldest setup, the wallet drop.
TV and radio used to warn us about scams and frauds. Even among the scattered remnants of old TV and radio shows, I can immediately cite two examples of the wallet drop: This is your FBI, 1945 and Racket Squad, 1951.
Modern versions are better known as the Nigerian Prince. The rig is always the same. You stumble onto a potential "windfall", then you pay to get access to the "windfall", then the "windfall" disappears after you pay.
Krugman doesn't recognize any of this. Why the fuck should we recognize him?
What's the fucking purpose of an economics expert who KNOWS LESS THAN WE DO ABOUT ECONOMICS?
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As long as I'm citing old radio, It Pays to be Ignorant was an explicit parody of "experts" who know less than we do. It was modeled on Info Please, which had a panel of arrogant condescending NYC "experts" like Krugman. Ignorant had three intentional idiots who found an infinite number of ways to miss the point.
Example questions:
How many lakes are in the five Great Lakes?
Which wild animal is on the buffalo nickel?
Can you name a President who started life as a baby?
What liquid is contained in a fountain pen?
When is a June Bride married?
And the best of all:
Can you name the people who star in the radio program It Pays to be Ignorant?
The "experts" were expert comedians. Their obtuse struggles with self-evident facts were genuinely funny. It's not so funny when an obtuse idiot advises governments and corporations.
Labels: Entertainment, meta-entertainment
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