tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post7578434481766331596..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: Greed Is Groovybradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-73326987962780761162007-12-19T17:57:00.000-05:002007-12-19T17:57:00.000-05:00NoT, it is correct, but none of the instances I "[...NoT, it is correct, but none of the instances I "[<I>sicced</I>]" are posessives. (I had to proofread several times to be sure.) As CP observes, in some cases she used the apostrophe for a plural, in some she didn't. I think "literarily" means "in a literary manner." It's in my dictionary, which doesn't necessarily mean I'd use it.<BR/><BR/>MM just doesn't like Krugman. One might say, as some say about the Usual Gang of Idiots here, that she's obsessed w/ him. Or bitterly jealous. <BR/>And as "Road-Hog" Moran used to say: "Kids, don't snoke dope when you're already high. You don't get no higher, you just get lower on dope."M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-13741908680211916292007-12-18T12:28:00.000-05:002007-12-18T12:28:00.000-05:00Maybe I smoked too much last night, but why does M...Maybe I smoked too much last night, but why does Megan rebut Krugman by quoting an interview with Eugene Fama?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-21089406345018675732007-12-18T11:13:00.000-05:002007-12-18T11:13:00.000-05:00The idea that CEOs and executives somehow face gre...The idea that CEOs and executives somehow face greater risk than rank-and-file workers is ludicrous. I spent about a decade in the private sector before going to grad school (and I expect to end up there again soon enough), and I never - not once - saw a member of upper management suffer for one of his own boneheaded decisions <I>before</I> that decision cost plenty of disposable drones their jobs.<BR/><BR/>Management fucks up big? The employees suffer first. If - and <I>only</I> if - that step doesn't appease the investors / owners / whomever, do the idiots in charge face any actual risk at all.spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01770056727940292951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-15370226025964368222007-12-18T10:44:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:44:00.000-05:00In either case, Megan can't seem to make up her mi...In either case, Megan can't seem to make up her mind which is correct in the same post. Never mind that, what in the hell does "literarily" mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-78560020364750708052007-12-18T10:29:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:29:00.000-05:00Megan likes to use the UK standard for grammar and...Megan likes to use the UK standard for grammar and spelling because deep down, she wishes she was at LSE getting her PhD in Economics and spending nights sipping martinis at Annabel's on Bearkley Square.Dhalgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231917525040301770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-31930123869509372892007-12-18T10:12:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:12:00.000-05:00Isn't the use of an apostrophe for possessive afte...Isn't the use of an apostrophe for possessive after an acronym correct? I was just reading about this in "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" and I think the author stated that the usage differed in England and America but that that was one of the correct usages.NutellaonToasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09524357022370926931noreply@blogger.com