October 13, 2008

Paul Krugman, Really?

I'll not say much since this is probably a topic you guys have thoughts on, but let me just say that based on the times I've seen him on TV, I wouldn't have guessed Paul Krugman was Nobel Prize kinda stuff. I hold him in pretty mediocre regard, really.
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  1. BartOctober 13, 2008 10:16 AM

    I don't have quite as negative an opinion of him as you, but I certainly hadn't considered him of this caliber. I enjoyed Krugman's Wikipedia page quite a bit. I particularly enjoyed the distraction of the list of the most influential economists.

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  2. Katie MOctober 13, 2008 10:22 AM

    I've never seen him on TV, but I usually enjoy his NYTimes columns. Again, though, never considered him a thought leaser...

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  3. ChrisOctober 13, 2008 10:24 AM

    I mean, I don't doubt that he's a smart guy, but you don't find lines like "Republicans are the party of stupid" among many other Nobel Laureates, you know ... ?

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  4. Katie MOctober 14, 2008 3:43 PM

    and by "thought leaser," I meant "thought leader"...or maybe "thought LASER"!

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  5. Katie MOctober 14, 2008 4:12 PM

    Haha, Chris, you'll like this...

    "Krugman Could Turn into Massive Douchebag, Colleagues Fear"

    from HuffPo
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/krugman-could-turn-into-m_b_134477.html

    (sorry, is it possible to hyperlink in a comment? (related: is it possible to use "hyperlink" as a verb?))

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  6. ChrisOctober 14, 2008 4:18 PM

    Yeah, that was great. Honestly, I could see him doing just about everything but the movie.

    If you want to say "read this article at HuffPo" then type this:

    read (a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/krugman-could-turn-into-m_b_134477.html")this article(/a) at HuffPo

    except replace the two pairs of ()'s with <>'s

    If you really look at it, it's not very complicated at all.

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  7. BartOctober 14, 2008 4:33 PM

    Hilarious article. I particularly liked the line, "'Credit default swaps can suck my ass -- I'm Paul Fucking Krugman!'"



    Side argument: I dislike when writers quote sources that include quotes and fail to clearly distinguish between what they are quoting and that which was originally quoted.

    Example original statement: Paul said, "I'm the man," quite loudly.

    Example of a confusing quotation: In the Krugman article, "Paul said, "I'm the man," quite loudly." [To me this implies that the only quotes are "Paul said" and "quite loudly."]

    Example of (my idea of) proper quotation of the original quotation: In the Krugman article, "Paul said, 'I'm the man,' quite loudly."

    I think double-layered quotation marks would lead to confusion if the original quotation comes mid-sentence. This leads me to argue in favor of switching the original quotation marks to apostrophes and using quotation marks around that which I am quoting. A rambling description, but perhaps I got my point across. Anyone? Bueller?

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