Saturday, May 24, 2014

John Cochrane on Krugman on Reading

Krugman sometimes reminds me of the Dawkins of economics. They’re both very smart, but their raging tone communicates that they’re more interested in building an army than furthering truth. I find this kind of head-first for good against evil attitude in political pundits, not academic intellectuals. I have a very hard time reading him because his economics is over my head, and his lay speak is about whipping liberals up into outrage.

Here is John Cochrane’s response to Krugman’s charges.