Krugman has always been an interesting figure for me. In economics classes, he is a Nobel Laureate who revolutionized international trade economics. He wrote my international monetary economics textbook. At the same time, he is a contentious political columnist who most conservatives no longer take seriously. So I was interested to read about his dual personality in New York Magazine’s recent profile of him. Some great quotes in there, including:
"On the right, there’s something of a cultural underlay to the worldview: We are the real Americans, and they are not. Liberals want to say, We are correct on the evidence, and they are not.”and
"Part of the basic loneliness of economic study is that you are always looking back, at data sets that are already completed. And so you realize your vision of a perfect society just as it disappears from view."
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