June 08, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:Special Guest KrugmanWatch: Our favorite
Special Guest KrugmanWatch:
Our favorite correspondant sends this note:
In the ever more intense race between Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman to be the first to destroy his reputation completely, we have the latest effort at:
http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/opinion/07KRUG.html
In which Paul decides that it is EVIL to employ the tools of economics to compare alternative uses for scarce resources. Specifically, to do what David Friedman has done recently on sci.econ; compare the costs and benefits of the Kyoto treaty with the costs and benefits of (as Krugman derisorily puts it) "only ... adapting to the changes" .
Of course, who could be behind this but No Blacks in Brazil Bush, dastardly head of SMERSH-ENRON who will leave no stone unturned in advancing the cause of that Great Malefactor of Wealth.
Except, wait a minute, NBiBB outfoxed himself a while back in the turf war with the Clinton-Gore family:
http://www.cato.org/dailys/02-06-02.html
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