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Re: In defence of Krugman ...

Doug writes:
>No, he's [PK's] not a radical, or a Marxist, or social democrat even. But he
>doesn't pretend otherwise. ...

Bill writes: >... The fact that "he doesn't
pretend otherwise" applies equally well to George Bush --- so what?<

Bush pretended to be a "compassionate conservative" and all that. He lies all the time, while PK is 
an honest ideologue. 

As Bill said earlier, PK used to attack the left (i.e., the easy targets on the left, people like Ira Magaziner) and the right (i.e., easy targets like Arthur Laffer).
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