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...column in the March 7, 2003 edition of The New York Times, “Let Them Hate as Long as They Fear,” I was immediately intrigued—being a classics concentrator—by the classical reference in its title. Early in the column, Krugman correctly notes that this quotation was supposedly “a favorite of the emperor Caligula.” It would have been nice, though, if Krugman had also given proper credit to the source of a contemporary passage that he uses later in the column...
Here are the two passages in question, one from the March 1 issue of The Economist, the other from Krugman...
...take many congressional Democrats and left-leaning pundits at their word, they truly believe that accelerating President Bush’s tax cut would unfairly help the richest Americans at the expense of the poorest. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman remain convinced, it seems, that the President’s proposal is inherently regressive. In fact, it’s just the opposite. Under Bush’s plan, households making over $100,000 per year would pay a larger share of the total federal income tax than they...
...think he’s a fine person, but I would be really surprised if the administration took his advice on any of the big questions,” Krugman said. “He’s too good for this White House...
...Krugman also said Mankiw’s brand of economics is not conservative enough for the Bush administration...