All The Facts That Fit: Columns By Two NY Times Pundits Picked Apart [Part 3]

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All The Facts That Fit
Columns By Two NY Times Pundits Picked Apart
By Paul Rosenberg, IMC-LA reporter.

Coinciding with the anti-FTAA demonstrations in Quebec, two NY Times columnists lambasted the demonstrators as enemies of the poor, ignoring several decades of Third World resistance and IMF riots in response to cruel and deadly neoliberal policies. Part One of this article recalled some of that lost history, while Part Two criticized other elements of Tom Friedman's column. Part Three criticizes Paul Krugman's column, with particular emphasis on challenging his claim that suffering under neoliberal capitalism can't be helped and is only made worse by the efforts of protesters who allegedly "have no heads." Frederick Douglass might disagree.

Part Three: Krugman's Schizophrenia. | [ Part One ] | [ Part Two ]

The Straw Man Argument

Friedman is just a glorified hack. But Paul Krugman is a real economist. Not only that, he's a sharp critic of much that's wrong with economic thinking when it comes to domestic matters. His just-published book, Fuzzy Math: The Essential Guide to the Bush Tax Plan is a devastating critique. But when it comes to global economics this only makes him a more sophisticated believer

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