http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/01/18/sunday-times-death-spiral-watch/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/01/18/sunday-times-death-spiral-watch/#comment-285 Tom Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:11:42 +0000 http://www.irisheconomy.ie/?p=339#comment-285 This careful and measured guy can't be the Brian Lucey that I heard telling Morning Ireland that the Taoiseach was in cloud cuckoo land? This careful and measured guy can’t be the Brian Lucey that I heard telling Morning Ireland that the Taoiseach was in cloud cuckoo land?

]]> http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/01/18/sunday-times-death-spiral-watch/#comment-277 Brian Lucey Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.irisheconomy.ie/?p=339#comment-277 Karl - Its the sunday papers. AKA tomorrows fish wrapper. Could I suggest that we remember a few things? a) our views matter, but late , cumulativly and mediated via the media and political lenses. The media and political commentators will always be more weighty in the public consensus. b) we need to be careful and measured in what we say and consistent, as the role of newspapers is to be sold. Like stock analysts, accuracy is a second order issue. c) In dealing with the media, we need to be simple (simplistic even) and remember that we are not dealing with a sophisticated economic audience. d) There is a greshams law in media - comments that can be spun as bad and ones that can be sensationalised will drive out ones that are not . e) Our role, imho, as academics, is not to use our position as bully pulpits (nobody is either) but to be calm, reasoned, critical and analytical. We dont have a monopoly of wisdom f) Lets remember in conclusion that we are now again into Political Economy...not economic theorising. Karl - Its the sunday papers. AKA tomorrows fish wrapper. Could I suggest that we remember a few things?
a) our views matter, but late , cumulativly and mediated via the media and political lenses. The media and political commentators will always be more weighty in the public consensus.
b) we need to be careful and measured in what we say and consistent, as the role of newspapers is to be sold. Like stock analysts, accuracy is a second order issue.
c) In dealing with the media, we need to be simple (simplistic even) and remember that we are not dealing with a sophisticated economic audience.
d) There is a greshams law in media - comments that can be spun as bad and ones that can be sensationalised will drive out ones that are not .
e) Our role, imho, as academics, is not to use our position as bully pulpits (nobody is either) but to be calm, reasoned, critical and analytical. We dont have a monopoly of wisdom
f) Lets remember in conclusion that we are now again into Political Economy…not economic theorising.

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