Let the Smearbund Begin!

Apparently there is some good-looking economist with a name quite similar to mine, but his middle initial is M (whereas mine is P). It seems he is a stooge for the oil companies though.

(Incidentally I have no idea why they got the middle initial wrong. It's correct at IER's website.)

UPDATE: They have since caught their mistake. Now they list me as Robert P. Murphy. But there is still a trace (as of the night of 2/12) of their original goof; the tags for their post include "robert m murphy". These sloppy folks wouldn't last a day on BP's payroll.

Comments

  1. Hi Bob,

    We've fixed the post to read Robert "P" Murphy. Thanks for letting us know.

    - Kevin at DeSmogBlog.com

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  2. Mr. Grandia,

    Thanks! I won't look into your funding sources. I am confident in the strength of the analysis in the paper I will present at the conference. I encourage you to peruse it, if you currently support a carbon tax. (I'm assuming the powerpoint shows, if not the actual talks, will be made available.)

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  3. Yeah, the whole premise of Grandia's site is absurd -- taking oil company money makes you irretrievably corrupt, but taking money from governments to expand their massive power over the private economy leaves you entirely virginal! Right, Kevin.

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  4. Thanks Gene! He should be consistent--we're both corrupt.

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