Economics made Paul Krugman famous. Punditry has made him a celebrity, famous for being famous… as public persuader [he] was so successful that the New York Times offered him an op-ed column, the most prestigious piece of real estate in mainstream U.S. journalism. Almost by accident, he moved from demystifier of arcane economics to hard-hitting political commentator…
Over the past five years, Krugman the columnist has overshadowed Krugman the economist. Has it been worth it?... Does Krugman the economist have any regrets?
Some teasers. Read the whole thing in the lastest issue of Finance & Development.
Join the Conversation
Wonderful find! Very well written.
More comment on this over at, Economist as Crusader: http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2006/05/economist_as_cr.html
The June issue of IMF's Finance and Development magazine is out. Focus is onAsia.In Asia's Winds of Change, David Burton, Wanda Tseng, and Kenneth Kang analyze Asia's growth over the last 50 years, the crisis in the late 1990s and the new chal