http://toddseavey.com/2007/04/01/libertarianism-in-the-new-york-times/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://toddseavey.com/2007/04/01/libertarianism-in-the-new-york-times/#comment-32 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:41:45 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2007/04/01/libertarianism-in-the-new-york-times/#comment-32 I won't defend Dowd but Krugman (before he seemed to devolve into churning slightly tin-foil-hatted anti-Bush screeds) always seemed to me to be a tell-it-as-it-is economist, focused on debunking anyeconomic theory poorly supported by actual economic research, whether it emanate from the left (like the pro-trade policy wonkishness from the New Democrats) or the right. And I only object to his anti-bush jihad because it's grating and subjective, not because Bush doesn't deserve it. I won’t defend Dowd but Krugman (before he seemed to devolve into churning slightly tin-foil-hatted anti-Bush screeds) always seemed to me to be a tell-it-as-it-is economist, focused on debunking anyeconomic theory poorly supported by actual economic research, whether it emanate from the left (like the pro-trade policy wonkishness from the New Democrats) or the right. And I only object to his anti-bush jihad because it’s grating and subjective, not because Bush doesn’t deserve it.

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