Overlooked in the excitement of the moment...

[astroprisoner]

A few days ago, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called for an invasion of earth by space aliens.

Well, OK, not exactly. But the entire exchange is noted in video excerpted here.

Krugman said at one point:

It's very hard to get inflation in a depressed economy. But if you had a program of government spending plus an expansionary policy by the Fed

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[jordan179]

Of course we wouldn't be better: we would have wasted a lot of resources building the equipment to be used in the war, which could have been expended on more useful goods and services.

[bowler]

I always got the impression that the ending of Watchmen implied that no one would possibly take the evidence seriously, as it would be coming from conspiracy nutjobs who have never been taken seriously, and that it would, in fact, work.

Similar to how the agents in MIB use the tabloid covers (bat-baby alien from space!) to find the real deal. No one in the general public took it seriously but the government agencies.

Note: this is not my endorsement of a plan to stage an alien invasion to solve the economy.

[schildzata]

Hmmm for some reason only half the post can be seen. I tried reloading but still same.