At 12:28 PM 06/10/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>All this Krugmania re: rent control has overlooked one point --
>this is a very tired subject for a column. Where's the news
>hook? There's hardly any. We're getting Paul's Lessons in
>Elementary Economics in the guise of a column. What a bore.
part of the hook is that it gives PK a chance to lead the NY TIMES
readership (and a lot of orthodox economists) a chance to have a group hug
and to sneer at the unwashed masses who don't understand the Truth.
On his pay, PK at point complained that he's earning less from his
twice-a-week NYT column than he did from his monthly SLATE and FORTUNE
columns. Prestige is the nonpecuniary component. When I knew him well, he
almost worshiped the NYT.
(heck, give me US MAGAZINE any day, with headlines like "Is Oprah Happy?")
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine/AS
