This is actually what the commentator, LVG, over at Pragmatic Capitalism said, and, I admit, I'm loving it. He actually linked to this post.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/11/mark-sadowski-granger-causes-many.html
As I suggested regarding Cullen Roche, what's appreciated in his site is that he really has the principle of having a snark free site and that's to be commended. Not only does Sumner-and his acolyte Mark Sadowski-fall back on snark whenever they're engaged on points they don't have a good answer for-but this is actually a problem on many other sites as well. It's certainly not only Market Monetarists who are guilty of this. When I first became aware of MMT what initially put me off are how many commentators engaged in unhelpful snark.
The real question is whether you are trying to engage to increase understanding or do you have an agenda like Scott and Mark and therefore have no interest in seriously looking at any critical questions. We still don't have an honest answer to why they attack Keynesians that criticize fiscal austerity so much if they aren't in favor of fiscal austerity themselves.
I have pointed out before, but it bears repeating here: there are some MMers who don't engage in snark. Nick Rowe remains a very classy guy in how he comports himself. David Glasner is about as good as it gets He facilitates a blog that's about light not heat. He's also not a total ideologue about fiscal policy even if he prefers monetary policy during recession.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/10/scott-sumner-vs-david-glasner-on-fiscal.html
At The Money Illusion, Sumner's only real desire is to preach to the choir. Sadowski's is to show the Master is right no matter the facts. Preferably with a graph.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/11/mark-sadowski-granger-causes-many.html
As I suggested regarding Cullen Roche, what's appreciated in his site is that he really has the principle of having a snark free site and that's to be commended. Not only does Sumner-and his acolyte Mark Sadowski-fall back on snark whenever they're engaged on points they don't have a good answer for-but this is actually a problem on many other sites as well. It's certainly not only Market Monetarists who are guilty of this. When I first became aware of MMT what initially put me off are how many commentators engaged in unhelpful snark.
The real question is whether you are trying to engage to increase understanding or do you have an agenda like Scott and Mark and therefore have no interest in seriously looking at any critical questions. We still don't have an honest answer to why they attack Keynesians that criticize fiscal austerity so much if they aren't in favor of fiscal austerity themselves.
I have pointed out before, but it bears repeating here: there are some MMers who don't engage in snark. Nick Rowe remains a very classy guy in how he comports himself. David Glasner is about as good as it gets He facilitates a blog that's about light not heat. He's also not a total ideologue about fiscal policy even if he prefers monetary policy during recession.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2013/10/scott-sumner-vs-david-glasner-on-fiscal.html
At The Money Illusion, Sumner's only real desire is to preach to the choir. Sadowski's is to show the Master is right no matter the facts. Preferably with a graph.
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