Taming the Beast

Taming the Beast

A decent piece by Krugman on the “economy.” He makes an important point about politicizing the issue of regulation this upcoming election, although I’m not so sure his other point about Iraq War spending benefiting the economy is all that true. I don’t have statistics either way, so I guess I’ll put it aside for now. I also liked this:

In truth, I don’t expect much from John McCain, who has both admitted not knowing much about economics and denied having ever said that.

Zing! Take that, Bill Kristol!