Is Krugman Running on Brand Fumes? (TransPacific Partnership Edition)
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/12/krugman-running-brand-fumes-transpacific-partnership-edition.html
"It may seem a bit de trop to take on a Paul Krugman blog posts yet
again, but the reason for focusing on his post yesterday on the
TransPacific Partnership is less for its substance and more as a
political zeitgeist indicator.
The distressing part about the role Krugman has chosen to play is that
he too often throws his good name behind dubious Team Dem initiatives
and orthodox economic thinking. Lesser figures, as in mere working
journalists and commentators who advance various interests among the
political and policy elites (think Ezra Klein or Andrew Ross Sorkin)
take care to have enough substantive, independent-looking work so as
to lend credence to their defenses of an increasingly corrupt status
quo.
Krugman, of course, as a Nobel prize winner, operates in a completely
different league. His credibility rests on his economics chops. He can
thus rely on his established brand more heavily than lesser figures.
But even for someone like Krugman, there are limits on how far your
authority will take you...
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