tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post8356377446193660846..comments2023-04-19T23:49:47.234+02:00Comments on Meltdown Economics & Other Complex Catastrophes: Announcing the 'Creditanstalt' Heinrich Brüning and Andrew Mellon Memorial PrizesGerald Silverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869315635135543362noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-92070624206599724592013-04-12T12:43:31.752+02:002013-04-12T12:43:31.752+02:00You can now vote for Barroso or any other write-in...You can now vote for Barroso or any other write-in candidate using the new Polldaddy.com poll gadgets in the sidebar.Gerald Silverberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869315635135543362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-86796130684273676802013-04-12T12:42:03.631+02:002013-04-12T12:42:03.631+02:00You can now vote for write-in candidates on the ne...You can now vote for write-in candidates on the new Polldaddy.com poll gadgets on the sidebar (please vote again if you have not already done so).Gerald Silverberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869315635135543362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-49900363568114707112013-04-09T14:55:37.420+02:002013-04-09T14:55:37.420+02:00You could turn it into an annual prize so we get t...You could turn it into an annual prize so we get to nominate and vote again? It's not like there's any sign of a change in policy. I would also have preferred fewer Germans on the ballot. The vote gets split. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-52660394491082819592013-04-09T12:53:22.645+02:002013-04-09T12:53:22.645+02:00You have a point. Barroso would have been a perfec...You have a point. Barroso would have been a perfect void on the ballot. But nominations closed on April 1, what can you do?Gerald Silverberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869315635135543362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-12949401346600905152013-04-09T11:57:13.207+02:002013-04-09T11:57:13.207+02:00I'm not sure wether Kohl and Mitterand deserve...I'm not sure wether Kohl and Mitterand deserve the award. Altough the ideia had liabilities, I doubt that if they were the present leaders they would allow this farse to continue. I would nominate, had I seen this before, Mr Barroso, for the absolute void that his European Commission Presidency is.João Melo Alvimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118329660060011919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-72738722957070678642013-04-09T09:55:33.787+02:002013-04-09T09:55:33.787+02:00Axel Weber should have been on the list...Axel Weber should have been on the list...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-15527835078819418062013-04-08T04:05:29.768+02:002013-04-08T04:05:29.768+02:00This is such a capital idea I would happily fund t...This is such a capital idea I would happily fund the award party. Unfortunately this fine line-up of candidates have mysteriously left me somewhat short on those funds. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-73224665111762387892013-04-07T19:53:30.206+02:002013-04-07T19:53:30.206+02:00Unfortunately, nominations closed on April 1, so I...Unfortunately, nominations closed on April 1, so I cannot enter de Jager (who I didn't even know to be a prominent player in the Euro crisis). Trichet is a rather ambivalent figure, Draghi even more so, which is why the committee did not nominate them. However, if there is a real upsurge of support for a proposed candidate, we might consider accepting a late draft.<br /><br />As to Dijsselbloem, Melvyn Krauss has a good take-down of him, "The Euro Can’t Afford Dijsselbloem’s Rookie Mistakes", at http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-01/the-euro-can-t-afford-dijsselbloem-s-rookie-mistakes.html?alcmpid=view.Gerald Silverberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869315635135543362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-47365368010427138162013-04-07T19:14:21.913+02:002013-04-07T19:14:21.913+02:00Awesome!Awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-76687198816475590382013-04-07T18:22:01.275+02:002013-04-07T18:22:01.275+02:00Snark!!!!
This prize needs to be awarded if only ...Snark!!!!<br /><br />This prize needs to be awarded if only for educational purposes.<br /><br />-jonny bakho<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8214243904352940410.post-56317933041815608012013-04-07T17:33:52.024+02:002013-04-07T17:33:52.024+02:00One person should be replaced on the voting list a...One person should be replaced on the voting list and one person should be added.<br />Jan Kees de Jager is a more appropriate choice as opposed to the recently appointed Jeroen Dijsselbloem given how he was in power in the beginning of austerity.<br />If we are going to look at the head honcho of fiscal policy in Europe than Jean-Claude Trichet should be there who was the head of the ECB at the beginning of austerity and opposed expanding access to money and credit.Matthew Stidhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876381151483990387noreply@blogger.com