Reply #13: Krugman spent the 90s as a "free trader" and globalization cheerleader. HE is a big part of "how".

[Romulox]

Glad that he's found Jesus and all (shades of John Edwards?) But HE, himself, is a HUGE part of the ideology that got us to this point.

Krugman has advocated free markets in contexts where they are often viewed as controversial. He has written against rent control in favor of supply and demand,<125> argued that "sweatshops" are preferable to unemployment,<28> challenged minimum wage and living wage laws,<126> likened the opposition against free trade and globalization to the opposition against evolution via natural selection,<127> opposed farm subsidies<128> and mandates, subsidies, and tax breaks for ethanol,<129> questioned NASA's manned space flights,<130> and written against some aspects of European labor market regulation.<131><132> He once famously quipped that, "If there were an Economist’s Creed, it would surely contain the affirmations 'I understand the Principle of Comparative Advantage' and 'I advocate Free Trade'."<133><134>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman

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http://www.amazon.com/Pop-Internationalism-Paul-Krugman/dp/0262611333