Paul Krugman on Milton Friedman (and my opinion on Krugman’s essay)

Quite a long essay of Paul Krugman on Milton Friedman, in the New York Review of Books. I must say I would only call “fascinating”, as Greg Mankiw does (with a shadow of irony, I’d like to hope; he couldn’t have read the entire article, otherwise), its first part, up to the 3rd section (part which is also well written and informative, I’d say, also for persons who did not have formal training in Economics).
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On raising the federal minimum wage in USA, again

First, I blogged on this topic before: here, here and here.

So what’s new? There is now a very interesting survey in the EconJournalWatch, which asks a set of questions to the 659 economists (some of them top researchers whom I always admired and admire- not necessarily for their views in this context, though) who signed the formal statement released by the EPI, concerning a raise of the federal minimum wage.
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