tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post51010295984240607..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Simpson's ParadoxEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-21908183980736751042011-03-09T14:09:05.802-06:002011-03-09T14:09:05.802-06:00Patrick -
Obviously our readings of the op-ed ar...Patrick - <br /><br />Obviously our readings of the op-ed are very different. I don't think Krugman makes a connection between collective bargaining and relative performance of students.<br /><br />I am not sure it's worth continuing this fairly tangential point. Let's stop.<br /><br />matalmatalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-35816605814468474902011-03-09T13:56:42.290-06:002011-03-09T13:56:42.290-06:00Obviously, that Krugman had Wisconsin in mind inva...Obviously, that Krugman had Wisconsin in mind invalidates your initial comment:<br /><br />'Krugman doesn't mention Wisconsin in the op-ed that is linked from the post above. The op-ed is only about Texas.'Patrick R. Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-33079723212924115212011-03-08T19:03:19.080-06:002011-03-08T19:03:19.080-06:00Ok, too many anon's - i am the first two anony...Ok, too many anon's - i am the first two anonymous comments above, not the last one that is an ad hominem on Patrick.<br /><br />To respond to Patrick - yes, I would guess that Krugman had Wisconsin in mind. So what?matalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-8992881891737752302011-03-08T15:04:03.728-06:002011-03-08T15:04:03.728-06:00You forgot to answer my question, Anon. What stat...You forgot to answer my question, Anon. What state do you think Krugman had in mind?Patrick R. Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-45874012408192896942011-03-08T06:09:31.111-06:002011-03-08T06:09:31.111-06:00The full sentence in Krugman's op-ed is: "...The full sentence in Krugman's op-ed is: "By the way, given the current efforts to blame public-sector unions for state fiscal problems, it’s worth noting that the mess in Texas was achieved with an overwhelmingly nonunion work force.)"<br /><br />He is saying that the state fiscal problems are being blamed on unions. <br /><br />Saying "Paul Krugman argued that kids in Wisconsin outperform kids in Texas, which to him implied this was due to the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin educators" is a gross mischaracterization of what that op-ed says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-48907388935990216412011-03-07T22:54:45.747-06:002011-03-07T22:54:45.747-06:00Well, Anon, when Krugman says:
'By the way, g...Well, Anon, when Krugman says:<br /><br />'By the way, given the current efforts to blame public-sector unions for state fiscal problems....'<br /><br />what state did you think Krugman had in mind?Patrick R. Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-43658283378145733122011-03-07T20:50:27.648-06:002011-03-07T20:50:27.648-06:00"Last week, Paul Krugman argued that kids in ..."Last week, Paul Krugman argued that kids in Wisconsin outperform kids in Texas, which to him implied this was due to the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin educators (Texas does not have those). "<br /><br />Krugman doesn't mention Wisconsin in the op-ed that is linked from the post above. The op-ed is only about Texas. Says nothing about collective bargaining either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-38914018773685906062011-03-07T16:57:09.261-06:002011-03-07T16:57:09.261-06:00Another Dick Cavett Moment--he once admitted on hi...Another Dick Cavett Moment--he once admitted on his national television show that he lived in fear of saying something so stupid he'd be too embarrassed to come out of his house for a year--for Krugman. Right up there with swallowing Jason Leopold's nonsense about Army Sec'y Thomas White, or that Fannie and Freddie were prohibited by law from being involved with subprime mortgages.<br /><br />Could you even find one Princeton undergrad who wouldn't have thought, 'Well, Texas shares a border with Mexico....' Raghu Rajan must be laughing his ass off.Patrick R. Sullivannoreply@blogger.com