Forums in generally are not well suited to political discourse because people view the world through their own prism and everything tends to reinforce what they already think. This thread has degenerated down to quoting joke articles as if they were fact, and summarizing entire economic theory based on an opinion piece. Expert critique of complex theories should be based on books, not joke articles and short opinion pieces. Blitzkrieg posts with a shotgun blast of subtopics and quotes scattered over pages of screens do not change people's mind.