I love it when Moonbats get their drawers all up in a wad against one another!
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > NYT'S PAUL KRUGMAN ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM >> ------------------------------ >> Print ArticleSend a >> Tip<http://www.breitbart.com/System/Breitbart%20Send%20A%20Tip?page=%2fBig-Journalism%2f2013%2f08%2f20%2fNYT-Paul-Krugman-Accused-Of-Plagiarism> >> by WYNTON HALL <http://www.breitbart.com/Columnists/Wynton-Hall> 20 Aug >> 2013 >> 521<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/08/20/NYT-Paul-Krugman-Accused-Of-Plagiarism#disqus_thread>POST >> A >> COMMENT<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/08/20/NYT-Paul-Krugman-Accused-Of-Plagiarism#comments> >> *New York Times* columnist and Nobel Prize winning Princeton economist >> Paul Krugman is battling plagiarism charges after a distinguished UCLA >> professor of economics leveled the accusation against him on his blog. >> >> In an open >> letter<http://www.rogerfarmer.com/NewWeb/WebPages/letter%20to%20paul.htm> to >> Paul Krugman, UCLA economics professor Roger Farmer alleges that Krugman >> stole his ideas and repackaged them in his *New York Times* columns. >> >> "Perhaps you have read some of my recent work: Perhaps not. I infer that >> you may be aware of it since your columns often select themes that closely >> mirror my writings, usually a day or two after they are circulated. Perhaps >> that is due to the coincidence fairy," writes Farmer. >> >> Farmer says his accusations are not personal and that he likes Krugman's >> works and shares many of his Keynesian economic views. However, Krugman's >> failure to cite the professor's work was a "step too far," writes Farmer. >> >> The plagiarism charges were so serious that Krugman felt compelled to >> address them in a curiously worded *New York Times* blog >> posting<http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/communicating-economics/?_r=1&;> >> . >> >> "A somewhat belated response to Roger Farmer, who accused me of cribbing >> from his writings. The truth is sadder; I haven't read any of his stuff," >> Krugman begins. >> >> Then, in the next sentence, Krugman appeared to contradict himself by >> conceding that he was, in fact, familiar with Farmer's writings and had >> read them. >> >> "I've tried, a couple of times, but found it very hard to penetrate and >> gave up." >> >> Krugman used the rest of his blog post to lecture Farmer on the finer >> points of economic writing. >> >> "Neither I nor most economists are going to make the effort of puzzling >> through difficult writings unless we're given some sort of proof of >> concept--a motivating example, a simple and effective summary, something to >> indicate that the effort will be worthwhile," Krugman wrote. "Sorry, but I >> won't commit to sitting through your two-hour movie if you can't show me an >> interesting three-minute trailer." >> >> Krugman added: "What every economist, and for that matter every writer on >> any subject, needs to realize is that unless you are a powerful person and >> people are looking for clues about what you'll do next, nobody has to read >> what you write--and lecturing them about what they're missing doesn't help." >> >> *New York Times* editors have not commented on whether any internal >> investigation into the plagiarism allegation is underway. >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
