> I don't think that PK has moved to the left. He seems to have a very
narrow range of acceptable politics/economics. Anyone to the left or to the
right is fair game. He can write well and is clever, so when he lashes out
at the right, he can be pleasant to behold, but he often relies on rhetor
I don't think that PK has moved to the left. He seems to have a very
narrow range of acceptable politics/economics. Anyone to the left or to
the right is fair game. He can write well and is clever, so when he
lashes out at the right, he can be pleasant to behold, but he often relies
on rhetoric
>by the degraded standards of Washington, D.C., politics PK is a "leftist"
or
>"left of [a very right-wing] center." After getting rid of true left voices
>in public life -- e.g., making it "normal" to treat Chomsky as a paraiah --
>the right-wingers would want to get rid of even the ersatz left
>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Carl writes:
>
> >So, far from being a self-serving opportunist, Krugman is actually the
>left's last best hope.<
>
>by the degraded standards of Washington, D.C., politics PK is a "leftist"
>or
>"left of [a very right-wing] center." After getting rid
>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Oh, that's OK then. I'll stop my carping and let PK continue
> > his tireless task of speaking truth to power.
> >
> > Carl
>
>I know you're being ironic, but I'll reply in a non-ironic way: PK doesn't
>speak truth to power except within the usual
> Oh, that's OK then. I'll stop my carping and let PK continue
> his tireless task of speaking truth to power.
>
> Carl
I know you're being ironic, but I'll reply in a non-ironic way: PK doesn't
speak truth to power except within the usual political context of "what's
good for capital" (the re
>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Alan asks:>Did PK _return_ the $50K or did he just pocket it and then
>criticize?<
>
>Jim Devine: I doubt it, since he gets a lot of payments from corporations
>(as indicated by the letter below, in today's Los Angeles TIMES) and he
>seems to see them
os Angeles Times would imply that I had any ethical
lapses.
Paul Krugman
Columnist, New York Times
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From: Alan Cibils
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Sent: 1/24/02 6:00 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:21834] Re: Re: say it ain't so, Paul
Did PK _return_ the $50K or did he just pocket it
Did PK _return_ the $50K or did he just pocket it and then criticize?
Alan
At 1/24/2002, you wrote:
>On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Carl Remick wrote:
>
> > >Frankly, I don't think that Paul Krugman is corrupt, at least not in the
> > >sense of personal venality.
> >
> > How do you define personal venal
>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Frankly, I don't think that Paul Krugman is corrupt, at least not in the
>sense of personal venality.
How do you define personal venality? PK got $50K for a do-nothing advisory
position transparently concocted to give Enron greater intellectual
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