The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
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A Poor Writer and Economist
“You see,” writes former Enron adviser Paul Krugman in defending President Obama’s role as a class-wartime president, “the rich are different from you and me: they have more influence.”
We have no inside knowledge of Krugman’s finances, and it’s true that his lucrative stint as an Enron adviser ended years ago, but we suggest he hire an accountant, because there’s a good chance that he is “rich” by the president’s definition.
He has at least two jobs–as a New York Times columnist and a professor at Princeton University. His wife, Robin Wells is employed as a yoga teacher. And they wrote an economics textbook together. Even though Krugman now regards textbook economics as “a bizarre point of view,” we doubt he declines the royalty checks. Again, we don’t know for sure, but we’d be very surprised if the Krugmans’ annual household income doesn’t exceed $250,000.
It’s also rich for Krugman to complain about how the rich “have more influence” than he does. The guy writes a column for the New York Times. To become influential, all he would have to do is write something halfway intelligent once in a while.
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