I don’t now why I bothered spending all that time perusing the writings of Paul Krugman and Larry Summers in order to produce my previous blog post when this Michael Ramirez cartoon makes the same point in a much simpler way.
Who Needs Krugman, Summers, and the San Francisco Fed When You Have a Ramirez Cartoon?
December 19, 2010 by Dan Mitchell
Posted in Economics, Jobs, Unemployment | Tagged Economics, Incentives, Joblessness, Jobs, Unemployment | 20 Comments
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