Was looking for a decent reference to Krugman's "zombie ideas" and had missed (forgotten?) that he'd done an anthology book of those columns.
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Was looking for a decent reference to Krugman's "zombie ideas" and had missed (forgotten?) that he'd done an anthology book of those columns. Which in turn brought up this review. Talk about aging like fine milk:
*PHEW*
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Alex Russellreplied to Alex Russell last edited by [email protected]
Presumably this was written *just* before Jan 6th, and I cannot stress enough how wrong the entire thrust of this piece was. In the years since, Republicans have proven themselves everything Krugman showed them to be and nothing like Mallaby hoped.
Literally every still-serving R they held out hope for voted against the IRA:
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm
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Anyway, not everyone was high on premium-grade, DC-strength medicinal centrism. The Guardian was at least on the right side of history:
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Alex Russellreplied to Alex Russell last edited by [email protected]
I'm on board with Mallaby's critique that persuasion is important, and that maybe Krugman paints followers with the same brush as leaders, closing off those pathways.
But R "leaders" are not leading, and the capitulations and cravenness was in full view by early 2020. It's hard to imagine a more fated errand than this piece. But you know, presumably it got the author some knowing nods at think-tank cocktail parties for a couple of weeks.