Krugman reveals the NY Times urged him to ‘lay off’ the Bush administration

[mparent7777_1]

Krugman: I could see a little bit of the effects. I was never told to stop writing what I was writing. It was, however, made known to me that I was making management nervous. There were occasional, “Couldn’t you do more straight economics writing?” Pretty much the last time I heard that was in 2005, when I was sort of urged to lay off a bit. The

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[anonymous]

I really, really, really hate the New York Times now, a feeling I admit has been rare in my lifetime. I never buy it and never will.