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Interesting that he completely failed to predict the possibility of political punditry as an economist's day job. (Or, in the closing sentence, did he...?)
by jcdreads 17y ago
Interesting that he completely failed to predict the possibility of political punditry as an economist's day job. (Or, in the closing sentence, did he...?)
- sethg 17y agoI think you have it backwards. Being a tenured economics professor is Krugman's day job. Nobody makes a living writing New York Times op-ed pieces, even though Krugman may be more famous now for his op-eds than for his academic work.