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Krugman Bashes Newsweek Reporter Who Says Obama Doesn't Deserve Reelection

Submitted by reedr3v on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 17:55
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A 'Newsweek' reporter has come under fire for a new story on why President Obama doesn't deserve to be reelected. Harvard prof. Niall Ferguson listed economic failures: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/paul-krugman-niall-...


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Firestorm: Turns Vicious

Submitted by reedr3v on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 17:59.

UPDATE: 11:48 a.m. -- Another noted economist has blasted Ferguson for his cover story, this time going further than Krugman by calling for Ferguson to get fired. Brad DeLong, economics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, wrote in a blog post on Monday:

Fire his ass. Fire his ass from Newsweek, and the Daily Beast. Convene a committee at Harvard to examine whether he has the moral character to teach at a university. There is a limit, somewhere. And Ferguson has just gone beyond it.