A Prizefighter for Capitalism: Paul Krugman vs. the Quebec Protesters

Abstract

A few weeks ago, the New York Times columnist on economics devoted his space to scolding the demonstrators at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, (April 22, 2001, Times Op-Ed page). The writer, Paul Krugman, is an MIT professor, considered by many to be a leading light of the profession, and a likely candidate for the economics Nobel Prize.

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