Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Quotes of the day

Arnold Kling (HT: Marginal Revolution):
Old consensus: we need Freddie and Fannie in order to make housing "affordable."

New consensus: we need them in order to "prevent further house price declines," in other words, to make housing less affordable.
Kevin Hassett:
The left has become religiously Keynesian because that is the only corner of economics consistent with its redistributive ideology.
It certainly isn't because it has a noted history of success.

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