Difference between revisions of "Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman school Tyler Cowen"
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From the standpoint of reasonable argument, it looks as if Krugman and DeLong win. You can identify that even without any understanding of economics simply by the fact that Cowan never addresses any of their points directly, never cites what they actually said, and doesn't have his own coherent answer. Few people notice these tactics. | From the standpoint of reasonable argument, it looks as if Krugman and DeLong win. You can identify that even without any understanding of economics simply by the fact that Cowan never addresses any of their points directly, never cites what they actually said, and doesn't have his own coherent answer. Few people notice these tactics. | ||
| − | From a public relations standpoint, it looks as if | + | From a public relations standpoint, it looks as if Cowan has won. He has achieved his goal of repeating his memes numerous times and showing that other academics make somewhat similar criticisms. Basically, this is a variant of the tarbaby strategy from Uncle Remus. Trick your opponent into a fight with a tarbaby. The opponent may get in all the good licks and totally destroy the tarbaby, but afterwards is exhausted and coated with goo. The rabbit that set up the tarbaby is untouched and laughing. |
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