paul krugman

If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Paul Krugman, just because his column today, \”When Government Succeeds,\” is the kind of column that depressingly gets written so infrequently, yet needs to be written: It’s true that government-hating politicians...

If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Paul Krugman, who in his column today \”Beliefs, Facts and Money,\” writes: Well, it turns out that money is indeed a kind of theological issue. Huh, but I don\’t...