Comments on: Krugman

By: Cliff Grammich

Cliff Grammich — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:45:01 +0000

My own blog reading lately has varied from Lew Rockwell to Daily Kos (with O&M always among the choicest nuggets!). I mention that only because yesterday I started with Kos for whatever reason (likely my enjoyment of hyperbole in this silly season), and that is where I first read Krugman won the prize. That seemed so far-fetched even (especially?) there that I thought it was a prank (like the SNL skit where President Al Gore recounts the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Michael Moore).

Oh, well, maybe the best that can be said about it is what Peter quotes Djankov saying about dividends from a first life paying off in a second . . .

By: Warren Miller

Warren Miller — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:24:03 +0000

Whatever contributions Krugman might have made to economics back-when–a judgment I’m not qualified to make–he has since become a full-blown ideologue, a political hack with one guiding mission: to spew as much venom as possible on anyone or any idea to the right of Castro/Chavez/Kim Jong Il. At least one observer in the last 24 hours has recommended doing away with the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics because it is nothing more than Hard Left politics in the guise of respectability. Conferring the same honor on Krugman that came to Hayek makes retention of this prize a tough argument to make, in my less-than-humble opinion. Then again, generalizing from a sample of two (incl. Algore) is pretty weak stuff.

By: David Hoopes

David Hoopes — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:17:13 +0000

Time out time out? What’s going on? Everyone is okay with this? Am I missing something? Does Krugman really outstrip Bhagwati? And really, Krugman’s international trade theory work frequently is mis-cited by protectionists. Does he deserve it? More than Fama, Barro, or Tirole?

Well, if they can give a Peace Prize to Al Gore I guess they can say that Krugman is the most important economist not yet awarded. But, I think it has more to do with his hatred for G.W.B than anything else. I suppose this gets him a good job with the Obama administration.

By: Krugman e a velha economia regional « De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum

Krugman e a velha economia regional « De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:16:08 +0000

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