Re: In defence of Krugman and against Alexander Cockburn: choice of targets

[eatonak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I fully agree with the following view about Krugman and what to expect
from him, politically and otherwise.

Ahmet Tonak

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> Krugman is not "left-liberal".  He is a neo-liberal, appearing in
> sharp distinction to the hard-core right-wingers that dominate public
> policy presently.  His critical inquiry is pretty shallow, consisting
> mostly of currently calling Bush and his gang on their blatant
> falsehoods.  When Clintonomics was ruling, he put out drivel about the
> "Self-Organizing Economy".  Your ideas about criticizing Krugman to
> "bring them over to our side", whatever "our side" may be, is utter
> nonsense.  Krugman isn't going to change his mind about his version of
> neoliberalism any more than Bush is.
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> Bill
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