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Stop bashing Krugman on trade and inequality

Message to determined free traders: Paul Krugman is entirely consistent and intellectually honest in saying that trade had little impact on inequality in the 1990s and that he believes it increases inequality today. Moreover, he doesn’t recommend trade barriers as the remedy, so you have no reason to complain.

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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on 29 December 2007 by jdingel.

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