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Paul Krugman and P. Diddy...Together in a Movie??
By Static Chaos
Yes, I'm talking about a cameo by the Nobel Prize winner, famed economist and New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman and Sean P. Diddty in an upcoming summer comedy with enough sex and drugs to kill a small commune--"Get Him To The Greek." (Trailer here, and I'm quoting from some of the movie reviews since I've not seen the movie.)
The story line goes something like this: An ambitious young record company executive (P. Ditty) attempts to transport an unpredictable rock star, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), to L.A.'s Greek Theatre in time for his hotly anticipated comeback performance.
Critic's reviews are mixed so far. Below is one from MSN, so you'll get the idea.
"...Aldous is interviewed by Meredith Vieira, whose other guest is economist and New York Times writer Paul Krugman. Vieira and Krugman are stiff and slightly embarrassed and given the circumstances -- Hill has trails of vomit on his clothing by this point -- this is a sensible reaction. They probably signed on thinking this would be the next "Hangover" or "Pineapple Express." Not so much."
Since a moderator during a discussion at the London School of Economics once introduced him as "rock star", perhaps this is just one attempt of Krugman to cement that image. Or he probably thought it was a documentary about the Greek debt crisis.
I'm sure Krugman's MIT mentor Jagdish N. Bhagwati, who expressed his disappointment of his former student in a World Affairs article, would be immensely pleased with Krugman taking on a new Hollywood career.
I personally can't wait to see Faber and Roubini in a doomed Armageddon sci-fi flick.
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Saw it yesterday. He mugged up and dorked it up (just like the script said to)
Updated DOW charts:
http://stockmarket618.wordpress.com
http://www.zerohedge.com/forum/latest-market-outlook-1
My comment on Paul's latest, the G-20 austerity bitchslap to Geithner & Co.:
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/lost-decade-here-we-come/
Let's see if the NYT will approve the comment. (LOL)
"Oh, Paul, Paul, Paul, tisk tisk, you will never learn, will you? You don't see how the markets might be imagining that long-term rates in such bastions of economic health like the US, the UK and Japan should be bloody low because they are in the first stages of a long, painful bout of deflation.
I am not surprised. The ultimate expression of academic hubris is the need to believe that any and every problem can be fixed by simply flexing one's brain matter enough. Alas, the solution to a massive debt bubble is simple: don't let the debt bubble come into existence in the first place. Once the debt bubble and the massive overabundance of productive capacity it creates are in place, it is too late, the pain is inevitable. Printing more little bits of colored paper with dead dignitaries' portraits on them will not change this equation.
Ask the Japanese. Despite the most epic money-printing crusade this side of Weimar, the Japanese can't seem to inflate anything: economy, employment, consumption, good God, man, even their population is suffering a massive deflationary spiral.
Until the debt is reduced via austerity or (preferably) massive restructuring, no amount of credit will revive the global economy.
Come, young Jedi. Abandon your Keynesian masters and the Nobelian baubles they shower you with to keep you in line. Learn the power of the Austrian Dark Side. It is your Destiny."
This sounds horrible.
What next, rappers telling Obama what his next move should be on the economy?
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/03/news_jay-z_visited_the...
During the final moments of his performance at Verizon Center Wednesday night, Jay-Z casually dropped a gigantic boast: "I just came from the White House."
This has to be one of those signs of the tupacalypls that that book was telling about.
+9 to sir john jimi
Why all the luck for the Americans only ? Why a new Hollywood career just for Krugman ? We have fantastic candidates also in Europe ! Take for instance Mr. Mario Draghi, president of the International Stability Forum and former Goldman Sachs . We tried hard at Cinecittà, the Italian equivalent of Hollywood. No chance, so please help. We are also keen on Mr. Bini Smaghi of BIS, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Mr. Romano Prodi (Goldman Sachs), Mr. Mario Monti and many many others. Really, let me repeat, there is no lack of talent in Europe !
GIVE HIM TO THE GREEKS:
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2010/06/coming-soon.html
TOXIC EQUITY SLICE:
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2010/06/coming-soon_05.html
BLACK SABBATH:
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2010/06/black-sabbath.html
Before there was Ciroc Obama, there was Diddy
Before there was Diddy, there was P. Diddy
Before there was P. Diddy, there was Puff Daddy
Before there was Puff Daddy, there was Sean "Puffy" Combs
Dang, I'm so old, I remember the Sugar Hill Gang
p.s. ciroc obama, that's a damn good one mouse & so true.
also, always found it curious that the Johns of the world always seem to get whacked, while the Pauls of the world use a song about John's estranged son as a calling card to weasel their way into the top echelons of power.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/obamas-sing-hey-jude-sash_n_599...
anyone who can figure out that conundrum might actually be onto something.
John gave his knighthood back. That pissed them off.
Day after day,
Alone on a hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he's just a fool,
And he never gives an answer
before p.diddy, there was biggie smalls
"Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade"
prophetic he was, maybe that's why he's not around anymore.
"Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way."
'93 bombing reference.
well hell. i probably know more about p. d i d d y
than i know about p. krugman.
not sayin much i know.
p. diddy is a businessman, you know.
I'm sure Krugman will advocate a stimulus program that has the government paying us all to see the movie.
Who?
Revelations 342:2 - and PDidd and PKrug gazed at the screen at their 6 foot noses and to each other whispered, "Gozer is great!"
Speaking of Krugman, here's a little study about economists and consistency -- do they change their tune about budget deficits when the White House changes hands?
Krugman didn't do well. PDF at this link.
http://econjwatch.org/articles/when-the-white-house-changes-party-do-eco...
Back when Krugman was an adviser to Enron, he probably spent a lot of time around people with trails of vomit on their clothing.
Type casting!
An economic huckster who fancies himself a thespian and an egomaniac with an identity problem...fantastic.
+1,000,000.00 P-Krug!
This is a joke.
Isn't it?
DavidC
That's why I always call him P-Krug. It's his rap name.
I'd say that's a realistic portrayal of his followers. The mothers of underemployed "assistants". Wall Street wives who like to annoy their husbands. Professors.
All in a day's Credibility.
jonah hill is in there somewhere