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Paul Krugman: Nobel Prize or Academy Award? When economic theory is a tower of babel

Nicholas Gruen
July 14, 2018January 5, 2019
Below is my response to Krugman's comments in defence of new trade theory. It's not generated any discussion on the Mandarin or Evonomics, but perhaps...

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