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Krugman and Newsweek
Krugman and Newsweek
Krugman and Newsweek Published Sun, Mar 29, 2009 11:26am ET by Eric Boehlert The Times' liberal columnist is on the cover this week, with a provocative story headlined: OBAMA IS WRONG: The Loyal Opposition of Paul Krugman. It's about Krugman's criticism of Obama's economic policies made ...
Attack From the Left: Paul Krugman's Poison Pen | Newsweek Business
Attack From the Left: Paul Krugman's Poison Pen | Newsweek Business
newsweek.com — Traditionally, punditry in Washington has been a cozy business. To get the inside scoop, big-time columnists sometimes befriend top policymakers and offer informal advice over lunch or drinks. Naturally, lines can blur. The most noted pundit of ... (more) Attack From the Left: Paul Krugman's Poison Pen | ...
Will the Geithner Plan Work?
Will the Geithner Plan Work?
roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com — Paul Krugman, Simon Johnson, Brad DeLong and Mark Thoma on the government plan to buy up bad mortgage assets. (more) Will the Geithner Plan Work?
Krugman becomes the left's anti-Obama
politico.com — A stern Paul Krugman appears on the upcoming issue of Newsweek. (more) Krugman becomes the left's anti-Obama
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The Shrill One
EschatonBoehlert's right that Krugman's getting much more attention now than he did in the Bush years, though I still find it refreshing that the ...

Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — ... I'm with Boehlert on this one. Now that he's criticizing some of the policies of a Democratic president, the traditional media is just fascinated by Paul Krugman. Back when he was criticizing Bush policies, he was just another liberal, a "shrill" one, at that. As Boehlert says, "everyone would have been better off if the press had paid this much attention to Krugman's work between, say, 2002 and 2006." ...

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