Re: KRUGMAN WATCH: PK vs. RN

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my anti-column, I wrote:
> >July 23, 2000 / New York TIMES
>
> >RECKONINGS / By PAUL KRUGMAN<
>
> In this column, PK turns to consider Ralph Nader, whose presidential
> candidacy he's been ignoring all along. (For example, when discussing
> Social Security, only Bush and Gore's opinions are deemed relevant.) I
> don't quite understand why PK's expertise in economics is needed to do
> hatchet-jobs on someone's personality, but PK's employers seem to think
> it's helpful.

Paul Krugman informs me that this sounds conspiratorial, as if he takes
orders from the editorial board of the NY TIMES.

I apologize, especially since I hate conspiracy theory (it's a
mind-killer). PK does not take orders from the editors. Rather, it's a
mutually-beneficial deal between him and the TIMES. They like his political
perspective and he likes theirs.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine