Helicopter Journalism

Or, two Krugmans in one!

“My point, then, is that this claim — and the lionization of high earners as people who make a vast contribution to society — is not, in fact, something that comes out of the free-market economic principles these people claim to believe in. Even if you believe that the top 1% or better yet the top 0.1% are actually earning the money they make, what they contribute is what they get, and they deserve no special solicitude.”

— Paul Krugman, November 22nd.

“What? You’re driving me back to the airport in Sao Paulo, in all that traffic? Don’t I rate a helicopter?”

— Paul Krugman, September 20th, 2010.