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Monday, October 13. 2008

Krugman

I am sure that many readers dislike Krugman for his relentless - and often deceptive and hysterical -political partisanship in the NYT. However, he has apparently made some genuine contributions to economics.

The NJ's link to Marginal Revolution on Krugman's Nobel led me to this somewhat technical essay by Krugman on The Role of Geography in Development. Quite fascinating, whether you agree with his assumptions or not.

Posted by The Barrister in Politics, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 13:58 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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"However, he has apparently made some genuine contributions to economics."

haha. That might be the most dingbat smug comment ever on The Farm. "apparently"? B. even if you hate Krugman and blow off the liberal Nobel committee, that is a bit much in terms of poo-poopery.
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#1 Meta on 2008-10-13 17:32 (Reply)
Fair enough. I don't follow the economics literature, but in the NYT the guy just tees me off.
#1.1 The B. on 2008-10-13 17:50 (Reply)
Oh, Krugman is horrible. I imagine he's a social misfit as he thinks so highly of himself that he can't relate to 'regular' people. His response to winning the Nobel: (paraphrasing) "I knew someday I'd win this. I just didn't know when."

Definitely a loser. His motto: I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt.
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#1.1.1 Meta on 2008-10-13 22:41 (Reply)
We've got our own Krugman over at the Wall Street Journal now: Thomas Frank. The new owner must be trying to expand his readership (a worthy enterprise in most instances), but I, like others I have talked to, consider this as effective as "Reaching across the aisle". Waste of good newspaper real estate, IMHO.

Cupcake (Krugman), Lollipop (Frank Rich) and that dufus Brooks can all go down with the NYT, for all I care, but thanks for posting, B.
#2 Steve on 2008-10-13 20:51 (Reply)
I can't be patient with Krugman. He knows something about economics, but very little about politics and even less about the real people who live in the real America.

He gets up my nose bigtime. Almost as much as his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winners Yassir Arafat and the incredibly objectionable Jimmy Carter.

The Nobel Peace Prize officially became a joke when Al Gore won it.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2008-10-13 22:30 (Reply)
These are the same folks that gave "peace prizes" to Al Gore and Yasser Arafat, right?
#4 NJSoldier on 2008-10-14 08:16 (Reply)
If his Nobel signifies that "...he has apparently made some genuine contributions to economics," then I guess that Arafat made some genuine contributions to peace in the Middle East.
#5 Anton on 2008-10-14 11:46 (Reply)

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