>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/opinion/robber-baron-recessions.html
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>Caveat:
>Paul Krugman is a Princeton economist. One of the pre-requistes Princeton lays down for its economists (Ben Bernanke is another one) is that they never admit that they were wrong. Krugman not only follows that rule- he embraces it.
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>That said, Krugman makes some persuasive points here.

yupp, had been nodding to myself on significantly more points than on the typical article arguing for more spending in the EU ;-)

And then:

"The obvious next question is why competition has declined. The answer can be summed up in two words: Ronald Reagan."

not even trying to reason about why Reagan is top of the list for him - just postulating it.
Just another religious argument from then on ;-)))