Saturday, January 23, 2016

Dissecting Paul Krugman’s Bernie backlash: Being a Sanders skeptic doesn’t make you a hack

Dissecting Paul Krugman’s Bernie backlash: Being a Sanders skeptic doesn’t make you a hack



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Dissecting Paul Krugman's Bernie backlash: Being a Sanders skeptic doesn't make you a hackEnlargePaul Krugman, Bernie Sanders (Credit: Reuters/Bob Strong/Mark Kauzlarich/Photo montage by Salon)
As you may have heard by now, New York Times columnist, Nobel Prize-winning economist and Salon mainstay Paul Krugman is earning himself a reputation of sorts as a Bernie Sanders skeptic.
His latest column is the most sustained critique of the Vermont senator’s presidential campaign we’ve seen from him yet, it’s true. But Krugman’s been looking askance at Sanders’ campaign for a while now, and his gripe — that Sanders’ campaign promises are unrealistic on both political and policy grounds —  has been consistent throughout.
As you might imagine, though, many left-wing tweeters couldn’t care less about Krugman’s earnestness. They think he’s just another elite wagon-circler. They’re pissed:

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