Please Mr. Krugman
At TechCentralStation, Arnold Kling has a great open letter to Paul Krugman.
There are two types of arguments you might make in response. I call these Type C and Type M.A hypothetical example of a Type C argument would be, “Well, Arnold, studies actually show that the minimum wage does not cost jobs. If you read the work of Krueger and Card, you would see that the minimum wage probably reduces poverty.”
A hypothetical example of a Type M argument would be, “People who want to get rid of the minimum wage are just trying to help the corporate plutocrats.”
Paul, my question for you is this:
Do you see any differences between those two types of arguments?
Read the whole thing. Paul Krugman has the power to change public opinion, but he’s throwing it away to preach to the choir.