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Critiques and opposing views Paul Krugman
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My main source of economic information is Paul Krugman, his blog and his books. I think I'm too reliant on this one source. Who are some opposing thinkers I should read in general? And is there any criticism of Krugman I should be aware of in particular?
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Yeah, but I was hoping someone knew of a source that is trustworthy. There are lots of right-wing sources that I know of but I am not certain about the quality of the scholarship.
Krugman's right about everything anyways, so why bother?
That is my suspicion but I'd like to be able to say why I believe that to be the case.
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In that case it seems like you should be tracking the data and comparing it to his statements rather than worrying about people who get paid to make up arguments against Krugman.
I think the OP is looking for a scholastic type who can offer a wholesale rejection of Keynesian economics.
This might be an extreme phrasing. Really I'm just looker for a broader perspective. Krugman, for instance, is relatively unconcerned about the national debt. I am not certain that is a universal trait among Keynesians.
And yes, read The Economist. Just because you should anyway. It's probably the best source of news you can come across and the economic opinions are European center right (so American moderate).
As for a rejection of Keynes, just read Friedman or a monetarist.
Like others, it is pretty much my primary source of news. And it is amazingly moderate, though with a slightly left tilt.
you should bold your change, because its not really apparent
and it goes both ways, but i've been reading for six years, and it goes left more than right
Basically, there are two versions of Krugman: Krugman the academic economist, and krugman the commentator. Krugman the economist is well thought of, although he hasn't done anything really noteworthy in a while (his recent nobel was deserving, just way late.) Krugman the commentator is a good writer but ultimately he's just a political columnist, and the opposing view is probably found on the facing page.
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Agonist is good but they can get kind of lefty-shrill at times. Still, I am very glad they're in my RSS feed.
The Economist is opinion pieces, written by journalists with a right-wing tilt...they talk a lot about social freedoms, but at the end of the day they're generally pretty happy to sell out freedom for growth in editorial viewpoints. It's written and marketed to western business investors and management. It's still the best weekly newsmagazine if you need information on domestic news in foreign countries, but if you want news about AMerica or news about relationships between countries, i'd stick to the NYT, foreign affairs and foreign policy.
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It's more like they accept that programs to feed old people aren't going anywhere, but they'd nix it all if they could.
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no, it's not. They're even generally on board with the U.S. health care reform effort, and they're not particularly right-leaning (in U.S. terms) on very many other issues. Free market etc. posturing aside, the magazine's more often to the left of U.S. policy than it is to the right. Although they waffle a fair amount in their editorial content, as well.
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I'll throw my hat into the ring for the Economist. However, I'm glad to see someone mention Marginal Revolution. I've attended lectures by both Cowen and Tabarrok and, while I am in no way a libertarian (sometimes a wonder I made it through GMU's econ program seeing as how most of that staff are libertarians), they both often have a particularly interesting and fascinating way of looking at things. As mentioned, though, the articles that make it to post on the site can range from quite good to middling.
That being said, I'd recommend The Economist as well. Krugman, while a very succesful economist, has, in my opinion, often played with the line of political hackery. Honestly, The Economist writers don't really have a dog in the fight of American party politics (their endorsements wavered a good deal recently supporting Regan in 1980, nobody for 1984, nobody for 1988, Clinton for 1992, Dole for 1996, Bush for 2000, Kerry for 2004, and Obama for 2008.)
Also, Thomas Friedman, while a good journalist, is not an economist.
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