Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: January 22, 2010, 06:48:38 PM » |
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Krugman is (or rather was; I worked out it was written some time ago from the reference to Galbraith being both alive and active) using an old trick here: rather than actually dealing with the opposing point of view, he repeats his own opinion in such a way that it looks as though he's writing a refutation when it's actually nothing of the sort. So long as the conclusion is fierce enough, it's quite easy to get away with. I've seen better examples of the trick.
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