{"id":25,"date":"2002-07-30T16:05:49","date_gmt":"2002-07-31T00:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jokeofalltrades.com\/root\/archives\/2002\/07\/30\/krugman-in-the-nyt\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:46:42","slug":"krugman-in-the-nyt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/2002\/07\/30\/krugman-in-the-nyt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Krugman in the NYT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nPaul Krugman’s article<\/a> [free registration required] in today’s New York Times takes a quick swipe at New Jersey’s former Gov. Whitman before redirecting his attack on BushCo.™*<\/span> The article is terse and devoid of detail, but sums up the situation pretty well. Here’s an excerpt:\n<\/p>\n

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\nThe only reason Tennessee doesn’t look like Argentina right now is that it isn’t a sovereign nation; since the federal budget was in good shape until recently, there’s a safety net. And the federal budget was in pretty good shape because the Clinton administration, unlike state governments, behaved responsibly. Budget projections were honest—if anything, too cautious—and boom-year surpluses were used to reduce debt.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n*<\/span>The BushCo. name belongs to Tom Tomorrow<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nOn another note entirely, here’s a great page of Linguistics Fun<\/a>. Enjoy.\n<\/p>\n

\nNP: more radioio<\/a>—Midnight Oil, Say Your Prayers<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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