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What's wrong with economists? Not a huge Krugman fan, but I feel economists bring important insights from data that tend to escape regular journalists. If Krugm

What's wrong with economists? Not a huge Krugman fan, but I feel economists bring important insights from data that tend to escape regular journalists. If Krugman wore his economist hat more and stayed away from general political punditry, I would probably like him more. The writing of Emily Oster is a great example of what economists can bring to analysis of current events. I wish we could clone her.

unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
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- fn-mote 2y ago
  We come to HN to read real opinions of real people. Props for saying your post came from AI, but I don’t think AI can add to legitimate dialogue.
  - unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
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- ThrowawayR2 2y ago
  The HN moderation team has said that machine generated submissions and posts are not welcome here, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33950747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33950747.
  - unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
    Does it make you feel better that the AI and I engaged in an iterative process to identfy what, precisely, in Krugman's long career was so irritating? The AI couldn't figure it out at first. The link you shared says bots are banned. I am not a bot. No one down voted me because they misunderstood I was a bot. The link also says single-purpose users are not in the HN spirit either. I recognize many people here use throwaways for legitimate privacy reasons, but ... c'mon, telling me bots can't post here is not in the spirit of that tradition.
    - ThrowawayR2 2y ago
      > "The link you shared says bots are banned." The post says "...bots or generated responses..." so you are incorrect. If you have concerns about the specifics, the HN moderators can be contacted at the email address in the FAQ and guidelines page.
tptacek 2y ago
Nothing at all in particular, just: I don't think the Times needs another Krugman. I'm a subscriber who thinks they should do more reporting and less, at least a little bit less, opining.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  I’m a subscriber who thinks that opinion pieces offer points of view - that you won’t get in regular reporting. I only read a couple of NYT op-ed writers and rarely Kaufman anymore (a The Atlantic level of devotion to Israel that I cannot stomach), but I still think that they perform an important journalistic function.

unyttigfjelltol 2y ago

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fn-mote 2y ago
We come to HN to read real opinions of real people. Props for saying your post came from AI, but I don’t think AI can add to legitimate dialogue.
- unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
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ThrowawayR2 2y ago
The HN moderation team has said that machine generated submissions and posts are not welcome here, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33950747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33950747.
- unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
  Does it make you feel better that the AI and I engaged in an iterative process to identfy what, precisely, in Krugman's long career was so irritating? The AI couldn't figure it out at first. The link you shared says bots are banned. I am not a bot. No one down voted me because they misunderstood I was a bot. The link also says single-purpose users are not in the HN spirit either. I recognize many people here use throwaways for legitimate privacy reasons, but ... c'mon, telling me bots can't post here is not in the spirit of that tradition.
  - ThrowawayR2 2y ago
    > "The link you shared says bots are banned." The post says "...bots or generated responses..." so you are incorrect. If you have concerns about the specifics, the HN moderators can be contacted at the email address in the FAQ and guidelines page.

tptacek 2y ago

Nothing at all in particular, just: I don't think the Times needs another Krugman. I'm a subscriber who thinks they should do more reporting and less, at least a little bit less, opining.

insane_dreamer 2y ago
I’m a subscriber who thinks that opinion pieces offer points of view - that you won’t get in regular reporting. I only read a couple of NYT op-ed writers and rarely Kaufman anymore (a The Atlantic level of devotion to Israel that I cannot stomach), but I still think that they perform an important journalistic function.