Comments on: David Brooks’s Intellectually Naïve Pessimism

By: Yipitte-Gosh, Gollygee! It’s David Fancypants Substance-free! - Plasma Pool

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:36:34 +0000

[...] that just doesn’t exist”—or won’t until Republicans are in charge, anyway. As we often say, David Brooks is a [...]

By: Suicide? Or Just Sausage Making? - Plasma Pool

Suicide? Or Just Sausage Making? - Plasma Pool — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:58:08 +0000

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By: Kevin Hilke

Kevin Hilke — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:49:02 +0000

Good point about why Brooks chose Samuelson over others–thanks. Not sure how that makes a point about anything other than the vast diversity and frequency of release of books containing generic economic prognostications, though.

By: Christopher Hitchens (you wish)

Christopher Hitchens (you wish) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:40:59 +0000

It seems you are the one being intellectually naive. Obviously Brooks cites Samuelson’s book in order to promote its forthcoming release–conservative (or, for that matter, liberal) kin, after all, support one another.