Paul Krugman has just written his 500th article and Lying in Ponds took notice:
I doubted that it was possible, but Paul Krugman, with yesterday’s well-timed perfectly partisan effort, has now written 500 New York Times columns, and not a single one of them qualifies as a “crossover column” — one which consists mostly of criticism of one’s own party, or praise of the other.My beef with Krugman isn’t so much that he’s a partisan writer but that he’s so un-analytical in his arguments. For an alleged economist, I’ve never seen a writer so allergic to numbers and statistics (unlike the excellent Robert Samuelson). Instead, Krugman lays out semi-coherent screeds that are easily exposed with a Google search. (See, for example, Matt Hoy’s latest and just about any post on Poor and Stupid).
I suspect that the reason is that the numbers don't prove his case. You know the old saw about how lawyers try a case? When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts; when you have the law on your side argue the law; when you have neither, holler! Krugman's hollering.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! Why yes I have heard that phraseology before.
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