Tag Archives: Paul Krugman

Economics Roundup

By chris | Published: 24 September 2009
Krugman on Skidelsky Krugman has a review of Keynes: The Return of the Master (h/t Krugman).  Krugman continues to bait the fresh water economists but provides a neat summary of the Chicago school’s essential innovation, or, depending upon your perspective, regression to neo-classical economics. In addition Krugman looks at the evolution of the master’s thought between 1936 [...]
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Bankers, Economists, All, Repent

By chris | Published: 18 September 2009
Archbishop Rowan Williams’ recent call on Newsnight for bankers and economists to repent has provoked a bit of debate in the UK, while across the pond Paul Krugman’s earlier call in the NYT Magazine for fresh water economists to repent has provoked a sharp response from its targets (h/t John Quiggin, who has a nice [...]
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The Summer of Hate

By chris | Published: 29 August 2009
Paul Krugman reports on a very sad state of affairs. A curious personal observation: I’m getting more crazy hate mail than I have in years, maybe since 2004. But this time the character of the hate mail has changed. [...] It’s not too hard to understand. Presumably it’s coming from talk radio; I assume the ranters are [...]
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