I’m not a something for nothing free lunch Keynesian—you must be thinking of Prof. Krugman…Doug at Balloon Juice asks,
Pearlstein goes on to slam the reader who asked the question, comparing him to Joe McCarthy, but why the strange gratuitous slam on Krugman.That one's easy. "Something-for-nothing free-lunch Keynesian" is econ nerdspeak for "You're a Dity F'ckin' Hippie Socialist."
The Kroog has basically become the king of "Socialist" economists (along with Joseph Stiglitz.) Even the Village economics reporters are now spewing Tea Party idiocy as talking points.
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