• Jim Cramer vs. Dr. Doom in Loco Econo Throwdown!

    In the vulva corner: Gloomy, sky-is-falling, party boy economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini. In the bug-eyed corner: Jim Cramer, hollering CNBC stock shill. They're fighting, and we all win!

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    It's the iconic battle of our economic era: The guy who always says everything is getting worse, and the guy who tells you to buy everything every time the market ticks up, until you lose all your money. A regular WWIII of the markets! Or maybe it's just two jerks who can't shut up? You decide!

    "Cramer is a buffoon," said Roubini, a New York University economics professor often called Dr. Doom. "He was one of those who called six times in a row for this bear market rally to be a bull market rally and he got it wrong. And after all this mess and Jon Stewart he should just shut up because he has no shame."...
    "He's not a credible analyst. Every time it was a bear market rally he said it was the beginning of a bull and he got it wrong," Roubini said in an interview with The Associated Press.

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